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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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Biodegradable plastics are not a climate solution on their own (www.anthropocenemagazine.org)

submitted 9 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane emissions and plastic accumulation.

The paper is here

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago

Biodegradable plastics are also not intended to help the climate. It's to reduce the impact of plastic pollution.

And yes, the thing that breaks down faster releases broken down compounds faster. Who wrote this?

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