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According to the article, food packaging and interior trims of cars is mentioned. They also say:

> I think it's realistic that different prototypes in soft and hard packaging, such as trays, bottles and bags, will be developed within one to five years,"

It sounds like the environmental triggers for degradation are naturally occurring microbes.

I hope we keep supporting and funding these projects and solve the scale issue!

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> interior trims of cars

It might be a step backwards to consider cars single-use.

Leather is biodegradable and an accepted material for cars. I don't see why the same shouldn't apply to this.

I'm pretty sure chrome tanned leather is not biodegradable in any practical sense.

Put it in a healthy compost pile and it will get eaten away. Even bone biodegrades, given enough time.

Nature doesn't have compost piles, nor does the ocean's giant plastic islands.

If a material only biodegrades at 60 C, then it for practical purposes it doesn't biodegrade.

If it biodegrades at 60C in a month it’s probably gone after ten years in the ocean, which is a big improvement.

Biodegradable plastics typically have a melting temp on the lower end. PLA for example is 60c.

I'm not sure many people would be happy coming back to their car to open the door to a plastic blob on their floor.

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