New study casts doubt on bio-based plastic and plastic-blend textiles
A new study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego tracked the ability of natural, synthetic and blended fabrics to biodegrade directly in the ocean, finding that Polylactic Acid (PLA), a so-called biodegradable plastic, does not biodegrade that rapidly in the marine environment, even after a year ...
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