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Biodegradable Plastic Bag Disappears in Four Months, Along With Your Earth-Killing Guilt

The reason plastic is awesome is that it's super durable, so it lasts forever, which is an issue when we want it to go away and take its place in the circle life. Biodegradable plastics aren't new, but in the past they've been pretty weak and expensive. Eco-geeks at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have come up with the anti-daywalker of plastic: All of its strengths, but it disintegrates in four months. They've got different plastic polymer cocktails depending on use—one for water bottles, another for grocery sacks—with varying bio-based fillers that'll break down easier. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By matt buchanan
7,364 views, 53 comments

Latest by Gary_7vn: @Candyman: Buy a big knapsack, it's much better anyway. more »

waterproof

Sandwich Bag Phone Protector

After this gentleman/Aquaman-wannabe found himself on his third Treo in a year from water damage, he took drastic measures to protect his phone from the rage of the sea. Ripping apart his son's lunch bag, he found the answer had been there all along. Rinsing peanut butter and jelly away with his child's tears, Alexander Rose "invented" the perfect waterproof Treo case. More »

8:31 PM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Mark Wilson
815 views, 27 comments

Latest by compgeek86: It won't let you talk on it,but for keeping a phone, money, etc. dry you can use one of those more »