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This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] 40 points 5 months ago (6 children)

While neat, it still seems like poor stewardship. Rather than some easy cultivated fiber product you have to raise dairy cows and extract milk for a disposable plate. Seems like poor life cycle cost tally

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    It is neat, and provides a backstop to prices and American dairy overproduction. It diversifies income streams for farmers, but yes at the cost of food. Remember the concerns of corn to ethanol. Food as fuel has human costs as does food as packaging.

    Edit: and of course our plasticized environment is a total nightmare scenario.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Couldn't we use some yeast or e-coli instead of cows?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have an answer for the cost of life, but I have heard many times that milk and cheese is overly abundant in the USA.

    I do agree that it should be much cheaper to use cellulose/plant composite for these things. The problem is sealing it.

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  • [+] -8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You don't have to raise cows to have milk, you can literally use the same fiber (Soy, Hemp) to use industrially to make this plastic

    Just because it says 'milk' doesn't mean 'dairy'

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