It’s the last thing you want to find floating on your backyard pool, but a Mississippi-based company called Bloom has developed a way to turn algae, that green slimy goo that makes it unpleasant to swim in a lake, into eco-friendly foam for use in yoga mats, sandals, or luggage.
Source: Your Next Yoga Mat Might Be Made From Algae
This is great and all, but does it suffer from the same drawback that limits other bioplastics? namely, does the process of polymerization prevent it from being biodegradable?
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