Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable.
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Hopefully it’s not used to speed up consumerism… Your plastic goods decay and need to be replaced…
Woah, I know they are targeting this for packaging but I hope that this holds up well for uses in 3D printing.
PLA is already the go-to 3D printing filament for a lot of people and making it actually compostable at home and not “bio-degradable asterix, in an industrial compost” could go a long way to alleviating the waste from failed prints, skirts, brims, support material, etc…
