It took 90 days for the fungi to degrade 27 per cent of the plastic tested, and about 140 days to completely break it down, after the samples were exposed to ultraviolet rays or heat.
Chemical engineering professor Ali Abbas, who supervised the research team, said the findings were significant.
"It's the highest degradation rate reported in the literature that we know in the world," the professor said.
(since no one is reading my tags or other reblogs): this post has an addition. the addition is specifically about co-mingle recycling in most usamerican cities. always check your local guidelines for recycling. the point of this post was not to tell you what you can or can’t recycle, anyway. the point was that a lot of recycling gets thrown out because it’s fucking contaminated. if you can’t clean your recyclables to keep them from contaminating a whole bin, just put it in the trash. you don’t need to feel guilty about it... that's it. that's why i wrote the post.
NO ONE WAS GONNA TELL ME THAT DAN TALKED ABOUT TAKING THE BINS ACROSS THE STREET IN THE Q&A SO LIKE THIS MEANS PHENTHOUSE DENIED RIGHT??? BC AN APT BUILDING WOULD HAVE TRASH COLLECTION INSIDE/IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING YEAH?
PSA: It's Spring, and therefor the time of year that rich people start yeeting perfectly good shit on the street. Keep your peepers peeled, and may you be blessed with a bounty of curbside scratch 'n dent treasures... ✨✨✨
mutuals who collect/buy physical media I am BEGGING you to send me your ISO lists so I can give these babies loving homes instead of watching them get thrown away :(
some more collage in my magazine journal (i just LOVE this size so much!!!!) and another set of tea bag pouches that i decoupaged napkins onto as a base 💘🌷✨