It's nice to see Nestlé (which has a long history of unethical and despicable practices) doing something nice for a change.
That said, I personally believe that revolutionary tech like this should be released for anyone and everyone to use freely for the greater good (sorta like how Volvo gave up the patent for the three-point seatbelt) but I doubt that'll happen in today's world.
When plastic wrapping conquered the planet, everyone thought it was great since plastic is recyclable. Today we know it's mostly a lie so we could send that trash to 3rd world countries who'd just dump it in the sea or handle it in other bad ways.
It's great that this packaging solves the problem of plastic staying around forever or turning into microplastics when floating around in the ocean and exposed to the UV light from the sun.
But the first thing I'm wondering is whether that new packaging really solves that problem too or just speeds the process up a lot, or maybe just has different bad effects. Towards the end it mentions "carefully wrapped in paper", so hopefully it's not actually a more hazardous variant of plastic that happens to degrade faster.
I just hope it's not as LOUD as the Sun Chips biodegradable bag. This was actually a legitimate problem, I stopped buying Sun Chips for parties because of the obnoxious sounds of the bag.
"I just hope it's not as LOUD as the Sun Chips biodegradable bag. This was actually a legitimate problem"
A solution to the problem of man-made waste lasting potentially hundreds of years and causing damage to the eco-system at the cost of temporarily annoying a few people too lazy to decant the contents of the packet into a bowl or plate or just put up with the noise as they consume their junk food is pretty much a perfect solution, isn't it?
[+] [-] benj111|6 years ago|reply
Degradable != biodegradable.
Degradable just breaks up into microplastics quicker. But then it mentions paper near the end, so is it a paper plastic laminate?
[+] [-] itgoon|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] rahuldottech|6 years ago|reply
That said, I personally believe that revolutionary tech like this should be released for anyone and everyone to use freely for the greater good (sorta like how Volvo gave up the patent for the three-point seatbelt) but I doubt that'll happen in today's world.
[+] [-] iforgotpassword|6 years ago|reply
It's great that this packaging solves the problem of plastic staying around forever or turning into microplastics when floating around in the ocean and exposed to the UV light from the sun.
But the first thing I'm wondering is whether that new packaging really solves that problem too or just speeds the process up a lot, or maybe just has different bad effects. Towards the end it mentions "carefully wrapped in paper", so hopefully it's not actually a more hazardous variant of plastic that happens to degrade faster.
[+] [-] astura|6 years ago|reply
https://gizmodo.com/sunchips-new-100-compostable-bag-is-hila...
[+] [-] iamnotacrook|6 years ago|reply
A solution to the problem of man-made waste lasting potentially hundreds of years and causing damage to the eco-system at the cost of temporarily annoying a few people too lazy to decant the contents of the packet into a bowl or plate or just put up with the noise as they consume their junk food is pretty much a perfect solution, isn't it?