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		ost-ing on March 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese scientists create new plastic that dissol... Pollution is still seen as some technical problem even in 2025 but im not convinced. I think for decades I’ve read about some miracle substance that is environmentally friendly and can replace trad plastics. Decades later still virtually no practical movement in the space can be seen.

parineum on March 29, 2025 [–]

That's because this news is reported the same way that new battery breakthroughs are reported.

Creating a material in a lab is far from mass production and field testing.

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