Faster-Degrading Plastic for Marine Uses

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-37976
Published November 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

To address the plastic environmental crisis, chemists have developed a new polymer with ample strength in a marine setting that degrades by ultraviolet radiation. The plastic has the mechanical properties required by commercial fishing gear. If it eventually gets lost in the aquatic environment, the material can degrade on a realistic time scale.