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This plastic self-destructs within two years

Por: Newsweek Business October 17, 2022

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A London-based startup has developed a new solution that makes plastics self-destruct if they escape into the environment.By integrating Polymateria's unique technology to plastic resins at the point of manufacture, it allows plastics to be recycled and offers a biodegradable plan B to those that escape into nature.The United Nations has estimated that 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced every year. Thirty-two percent of this... + full article



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