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orblivion on June 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plas...

Maybe there needs to be a triggering event. Like, becomes compostable when exposed to a certain sort of uncommon radiation that you can bombard a landfill with.

panstromek on June 25, 2024 | [–]

I think that's actually how some biodegradable things work, you have to expose them to 150°C or something like that.

ugh123 on June 25, 2024 | [–]

Or just microwave the whole thing? /s

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