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Perfect decomposition
Down To Earth
|August 16, 2022
A Goa-based startup offers a homegrown biodegradable polymer as an alternative to single-use wrappers
A SMALL shampoo sachet is, by definition, a single-use plastic. Usually torn and used within a month of its purchase, it is quickly discarded and often ends up choking landfills and polluting the nearby environment. However, imagine if this sachet could instead decompose with no harm to the environment in just three months.
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