Hong Kong-based start-up company Hydroplast is fighting the chronic plastic pollution problem plaguing the oceans around the world through its new water-soluble technology. Plastic pollution is especially prevalent in Hong Kong where excessive packaging is commonly used in supermarkets and stores an... Read more
The Spanish University of Alicante’s Waste, Energy, Environment and Nanotechnology (REMAN) research group has developed a process to obtain a water-soluble plastic material based on potato st…
How about an edible plastic wrap?
It’s already been done! Hong Kong scientists have developed a water-soluble plastic film.
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/hong-kong-startup-develops-ingenious-water-soluble-film-to-fight-plastic-waste/
Why aren’t brands using these sustainable packing wraps?
https://www.chemistryworld.com/future-of-plastics/now-you-see-it–wrapping-that-dissolves-in-water/4011830.article
Dissolving packing wrap
(4 upvotes)Dissolvable Food Packaging
(2 upvotes)This potato starch plastic wrap might not dissolve, but it is 100% compostable and biodegradable.
https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2023/03/13/researchers-pioneer-new-eco-friendly-plastic-alternative-made-from-potato-starch/
Dissolving packing wraps can reduce a lot of plastic waste that is generated by the packaging industry.