The point of this research was to avoid even that.
It’s pretty awesome that it even breaks down in soil:
In soil, sheets of the new plastic degraded completely over the course of 10 days, supplying the soil with phosphorous and nitrogen similar to a fertilizer.
The point of this research was to avoid even that.
It’s pretty awesome that it even breaks down in soil:
But the problem is that phosphorus and nitrogen are actually bad for aquatic ecosystems: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/what-phosphorus-and-why-are-concerns-mounting-about-its-environmental-impact