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A comment on Ask HN: Ideas for startups to solve the plastics & packaging pollution problem?.

Re:Ask HN: Ideas for startups to solve the plastics & packag... by is_this_valid2 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:04PM (#17403976)
Biodegradable bioplastics. Soybean + hemp is carbon-negative if the carbon is sequestered, there's a clean production process, and transport uses clean energy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car

Trash sorting robots.

Production-byproduct CO2 capture with algae.

Contained plastic-eating bacteria.

Biodegradable fungi instead of plastic packaging.

Reuse airpacks for cord storage.

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Re:Ask HN: Ideas for startups to solve the plastics & packag... by cimmanom on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @05:50AM (#17406919)
Even highly biodegradable things (e.g. newspaper) typically don't biodegrade on a human timescale when placed in a landfill. This is mostly because of how densely packed landfills are, creating an extremely oxygen-deprived environment.
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