New plastic gamechanger. NO FOSSIL FUELS! NO MICROPLASTICS!

Plastic waste has become a scourge. Microplastics are apparently now even getting into human brains. So when a group of researchers claimed to have developed a polymer that is as strong and versatile as fossil plastic but which can also be fully dissolved in sea water with NO microplastics, I thought we had better take a look...

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