Salty Plastic 🧂, Repeat

About this episode

Researchers in Japan have developed a dissolvable plastic-like material that is strong and flexible, designed to break down in salty environments like oceans.

From the archive, researchers in Japan have created a plastic-ish material that is strong and flexible, but dissolves when it gets salty... like in an ocean! Read more about this cool material here ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Topics covered

• environment
• innovation
• sustainability
• materials science
• ocean conservation

Keywords

• plastic
• dissolvable material
• ocean
• research
• sustainability
• Japan
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japan

Products: plastic-ish material

Places: ocean

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