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Puzzle persists for 'degradeable' plastics

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Eco-friendly plastics disintegrate, but might just linger in the environment.

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  1. Roy, P. K., Hakkarainen, M., Varma, I. K. & Albertsson, A.-C. Environ. Sci. Technol. advance online publication doi:10.1021/es104042f (2011).

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Cressey, D. Puzzle persists for 'degradeable' plastics. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.255

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