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Fighting Plastic Waste With Edible Pods, Algae and Banana Leaves

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss algae, cardboard, gyre, PLA, plastic, plastic waste, recyclable, recycling, seaweed, waste

Researchers are hard at work looking for biodegradable alternatives to plastic to wrap up and store our food and drinks without insulting the environment.

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Plastic Waste: Are We Stuck With It Forever?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer bio-plastic, biodegradable, bioplastic, Circular Design Challenge, gyre, Ideo, marine, ocean, plastic, plastic waste, waste, wildlife

Getting rid of plastic waste across the board is unrealistic, but learning how to use less plastic overall — and recycle the rest — may be our best hope.

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