00:00Inside the Science, how Tokyo researchers created dissolvable plastic.
00:05Only 9% of plastic is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills,
00:10and another 22% is mismanaged altogether, ending up in our environment.
00:15Currently, a dump truck's worth enters oceans every minute.
00:19By 2050, it will rise to 4, worsening the crisis.
00:23The plastic waste crisis endangers marine life, with massive ocean garbage patches like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
00:33Global initiatives like SEBIN and Ocean Cleanup tackle this, but non-biodegradable plastic remains an issue.
00:40A new plastic from Rikagaku Kenkyūshō and University of Tokyo dissolves in seawater,
00:46using ionic monomers and reversible salt bonds, addressing biodegradability.
00:51Researchers developed a strong, recyclable plastic that degrades rapidly in seawater and soil,
00:58breaking down in hours or within 10 days, respectively.
01:01It releases nutrients beneficial to plants, akin to fertilizer, and crucially, it does not produce microplastics.
01:08The dissolvable plastic is made by mixing components in water, forming a strong, recyclable material.
01:15It prevents microplastic pollution, with 91% recoverability of its main component, generating global excitement for its potential in sustainable plastic solutions.
01:26The dissolvable plastic aims for use in single-use packaging, requiring global collaboration among policymakers, manufacturers, and researchers.
01:35As we face a tipping point, this technology could prevent irreversible planetary damage.
01:41This technology could be able to develop a solution as well.
01:43This technology could become always a common denominator of the plastic waste.
01:44It was a combination of the plastic waste.
01:45It would probably be a number of two types.
01:47So, this technology could help figure out something that would be very inbuilt.
01:49Once the plastic waste is fully large, the plastic waste has a lot of plastic waste.
01:50This technology could help us to make the product waste.
01:51It could be very Likes, as well as the large applied waste.
01:52And the project could also be managed to make the product waste.
01:54And the project could have gone on to many other materials.
01:56This technology could generate NJ-Yes.
01:57But the project would be very useful for the long-use castients.
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