r/todayilearned • u/what_is_the_deal_ • Jul 19 '21

TIL chemists have developed two plant-based plastic alternatives to the current fossil fuel made plastics. Using chemical recycling instead of mechanical recycling, 96% of the initial material can be recovered.

https://academictimes.com/new-plant-based-plastics-can-be-chemically-recycled-with-near-perfect-efficiency/
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u/iceynyo Jul 19 '21

Keep going, what's next after "Grow your own food"

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u/Beli_Mawrr Jul 19 '21

Get evicted because you cant have potted plants in your windowsill. Or go hungry because your apartment doesnt have room for enough plants to live on.

This grow your own food thing is a bit of a upper class snob dream for people who dont have any idea how anyone else lives.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

I always recommend growing herbs and cherry tomatoes in an apartment. You can get a cheap UV sun lamp for them if they need more light.

Herbs are pretty expensive at the grocery store and are kind of hard to mess up if you remember to water them. They don't take much space at all and make cooking so convenient and cost-effective.

Seeds for herbs are cheap and for tomatoes I just get them from store bought ones that I wrap in a wet paper towel for a few days to start them growing. If the plant starts to lose its integrity, I start over.

It's not growing all of your own food, but it does help with cutting costs for cooking and they smell and look nice. I grew herbs in reused red solo cups with dirt from outside in my college dorm.

Also, garlic and onions will start to grow just sitting on the damn counter.

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u/series-hybrid Jul 19 '21

I hold no illusions about surviving off of a garden in my back yard, and yet...

If you like salsa and chips, fresh tomato that you have grown compared the the hard half-green tomatoes the store has from Honduras? The taste makes it all worthwhile.

A small greenhouse means you don't need pesticides or weed killer, plus you can plant seedlings much earlier in the year and keep growing later in the year for multiple crops.