:shrug-outta-hecks: i just remember getting excited about hearing about mealworms being able to eat styrofoam and someone said to me "Nah, it's not gonna save the environment because they shit out a lot of bad stuff that still isn't broken down". Now obviously they worded it smarter than that, but I'm a dumbass and can't remember.
Breaking down bigger pieces into smaller pieces. It really only stops being a microplastic when the last dimer is converted to a monomer, and those sizes of 0.01-1.0 micrometers can interfere with a lot of cellular functions.
In other words, if you break it down, you want to break it down all the way.
:shrug-outta-hecks: i just remember getting excited about hearing about mealworms being able to eat styrofoam and someone said to me "Nah, it's not gonna save the environment because they shit out a lot of bad stuff that still isn't broken down". Now obviously they worded it smarter than that, but I'm a dumbass and can't remember.
Breaking down bigger pieces into smaller pieces. It really only stops being a microplastic when the last dimer is converted to a monomer, and those sizes of 0.01-1.0 micrometers can interfere with a lot of cellular functions.
In other words, if you break it down, you want to break it down all the way.