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This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] GorGor@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Milk based plastic was one of the first man made plastics produced back in 1890. Not 1980, 1890.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plastic_development