nasteva

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[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 6 points 9 hours ago
[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

I just received it moments ago. I did a reverse image search and the brand is Del Monte. It looks like they sell in numerous european countries.

[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 6 points 4 days ago

Wow, just wow.

[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 4 points 5 days ago

My first reaction was disdain, but I think we at least need to wait for the actual proposal to form an opinion.

[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 18 points 5 days ago

I don't know, but I don't think hydrochloric acid would be able to break down plastics. However, maybe we could find enzymes that would be able to.

I found this article that says we already have but they don't work at ambient temperature : https://news.utexas.edu/2022/04/27/plastic-eating-enzyme-could-eliminate-billions-of-tons-of-landfill-waste/

Also this one that talks about the subject : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167779921000408