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[–] nieceandtows 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sprinkle it on top of ice-creams

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems more like a froyo topping than ice cream idk

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The toppings contain Potassium Benzoate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It comes with a free doll... which is also cursed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was better than Eclair, not as good as Gingerbread.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

While I think this is a perfectly valid follow-up question, even if the "solution" is to bury it (with safeguards such as not able to get into groundwater), that's better than it being in the drinking water. Short term at least.

Considering how early this research is, it's also possible they wanted to know their filter works before solving disposal. And, while not explicit, it sounds like this is meant to replace existing filters that themselves use plastic, so this could be a net gain even if disposed in the exact same manner as the original filters however that may be.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are some microbes and I believe meal worms who can eat certain plastics. There will be solutions

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

If we can take it away from our water and trap it in plant material, I think it would be better off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Some one else's water.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And then put it where?

Macroplastics?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Let plastic-eating microbes dissolve it.