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Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] jj4211 14 points 4 months ago

Depends on the use case.

Reading the article, it doesn't seem like it just disintegraties after 7 months, this material has to be under compositing conditions with a specific microbe due 7 months.

There are applications where this would probably be an unacceptable possibility, but I'd imagine the vast majority of single use plastics would be fine with this. Packaging may spend months or even years doing it's job, but it won't be under compost conditions during that time.