Fungi found on coconut husks can decompose plastic, sunscreen : solarpunk@slrpnk.net

submitted 5 months ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

shit is sunscreen bad for the environment?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 months ago*

Chemical sunscreens can be. Mineral types that use zinc oxide or titanium oxide should be pretty okay to use.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

...This is actually a really useful breakthrough. How do we implement her method?

[–] sydd@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

That's the fun part, we don't.

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[–] WagnasT@piefed.world 6 points 5 months ago

That is awesome, I hope she goes far in life.