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[–] kuoushi@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But what about that remaining 0.1%? Aren't we just creating a pathway for these super microplastics to breed and create even stronger microplastics?

[–] electrogamerman@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just Filter the water again and it will remove 99.9% of the remaining 0.01%

[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Then once you get the plastic down to .0001% or whatever, you can sell it as a homeopathic remedy!

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 1 points 10 months ago

But It's important to breed superinteligent microplastic, which will rule us and get rid of furries.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] loops@beehaw.org 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Being scalable and cost-effective is the most important thing.

[–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

The 99th article about eco friendly bio-degradable plastic that'll never see large scale use: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[–] On@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] harry315@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for linking the research paper, really appreciate it