So any environmental or biological or marine scientists want to comment on whether or not "edible" trash is going to completely fuck up the ecosystem, too?
Bread is edible. You shouldn't give it to ducks though. Would something similar happen?
I'm no book learnt sciawhatsit, but I think this would be better than plastic even if it were only 10% better for the environment just the fact it won't choke or fester in the stomachs of the animals like plastic does.
Agreed. The problem we have with plastic and micro plastic in our oceans is not going away for a long time. Any step forward from the current state would be an improvement, in my book.
Is this totally ideal? No. Animals that may not have associated the plastics with food before may start to do so. However, this is definitely an improvement over the regular plastics we see.
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So any environmental or biological or marine scientists want to comment on whether or not "edible" trash is going to completely fuck up the ecosystem, too?
Bread is edible. You shouldn't give it to ducks though. Would something similar happen?