Materials scientists have created biodegradable algae slippers that can help reduce ocean debris.
Affordable beach shoes are usually used for a very short time, after which they end up in the ocean, where they can decompose for hundreds of years and pollute the environment. The time of destruction of the new material in the soil is 16 weeks, writes Planet Today.
Polyurethane foam is made on the basis of algae oil. Such slippers decompose and are eaten by microorganisms, the developers explain. They are more than half composed of biomaterial, but scientists want to bring this figure to 100 percent.
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