breaks down much more quickly and leaves no residual trace
The plastic is non-toxic, non-flammable, and does not emit carbon dioxide, he added.
What does it dissolve into then? Plastics are full of carbon usually. If it leaves no trace (my interpretation: no solids, especially no microplastics) in the sea water, I would expect it to dissolve into some kind of gas. But gasified carbon very much sounds like carbon dioxide (or worse stuff like methane).
Furthermore, if it doesn’t need to be water-resistant, why use plastics at all and not paper or - if it’s meant to be transparent and foil-like use cellophan (cellulose hydrate)?
What does it dissolve into then? Plastics are full of carbon usually. If it leaves no trace (my interpretation: no solids, especially no microplastics) in the sea water, I would expect it to dissolve into some kind of gas. But gasified carbon very much sounds like carbon dioxide (or worse stuff like methane).
Furthermore, if it doesn’t need to be water-resistant, why use plastics at all and not paper or - if it’s meant to be transparent and foil-like use cellophan (cellulose hydrate)?