BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC: Solution for our plastic waste problem? - #RAZOR
Razor • 11m
Since the 1950s, the mass production of plastic has led to billions of tons of waste every year. Almost a third of all plastic ends up in natural environments, where it remains for hundreds of years. Razor meets the team behind Polymateria, a start up that's hoping to tackle this very urgent problem with a new biodegradable plastic created through a process called bio-transformation.
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