The plastic bag you can drink? Rather you than us, Dr George!
17 August 2018
This incredible ‘plastic’ bag, made from the cassava plant, will breakdown in warm water in a just a few minutes. The result is a perfectly clean, drinkable solution — as demonstrated by The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History presenter Dr George McGavin. There are even a few calories in there!
Dr George McGavin drinks a new style 鈥榩lastic鈥� bag 鈥� made out of starch
This new style of bag will break down in the open air in a matter of days.
Plastic鈥檚 fantastic alternative 鈥� how seafood could hold the key to cleaning up our oceans
Disposing of plastic packaging waste is not just expensive, but a missed recycling opportunity too.
And a lot of what isn’t disposed of properly can end up in the ocean, causing “irreparable damage” to marine life.
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