Re:Plastic-eating caterpillars: An escape from a shopping ba...
by totalZero on Friday November 10, 2017 @07:19AM
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The food inside has an expiration date too. As long as your container exceeds that, all should be well for most cases, no?
That leaves two necessary improvements:
1. Decreasing the loudness and crunchiness of the sound, and
2. Controlling the biodegradability of the material.
> Also, overall it probably takes more energy to produce these materials than recycling existing plastics.
Are you taking into account the future cost of de-plasticking oceans, rivers, streams, and other contaminated sites? That should be included too. Deferred costs are still costs.
That leaves two necessary improvements:
1. Decreasing the loudness and crunchiness of the sound, and
2. Controlling the biodegradability of the material.
> Also, overall it probably takes more energy to produce these materials than recycling existing plastics.
Are you taking into account the future cost of de-plasticking oceans, rivers, streams, and other contaminated sites? That should be included too. Deferred costs are still costs.