This alternative film for fields actually biodegrades

Biodegradable films could be a more eco-friendly alternative to the thin polyethylene films common in agriculture in many countries

Eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. Plastic pollution also threatens agricultural soils. Farmers around…

Full text: https://www.futurity.org/mulch-film-plastic-biodegradable-1824082-2/

Author

Peter Rüegg (ETH Zurich)

Source

Futurity, 2018-07-30.

Supplier

Eawag
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich)

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