Wahi a ka hui waiwai ʻole ʻo ʻAmelika ʻo Plastic Oceans International, ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 miliona mau tona o ka plastic i hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka moana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Wahi a National Geographic, hiki i ka plastic ke lawe ma mua o 400 mau makahiki e decompose. Mai ka waena o 1900s, 8,3 biliona metric tons o ka plastic i hana ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Pehea e hoʻolei aku ai i ka ʻōpala plastik? Ua pilikia kēia nīnau i nā ʻepekema no nā makahiki.
ʻO BioLogiQ, mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 2011, ua hana ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana plastik pili i ke kaiapuni mai nā mea hou. "[…] Ua hoʻomaka mākou e hana i ka palaka mai ka ʻuala ʻuala, ʻo ia hoʻi mai ka starch," i haʻi aku ai ʻo BioLogiQ CEO Stephen Sherman i kēia manawa iā Idaho Statesman.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā plastic plastic kuʻuna me nā polymers, nā mea i hana ʻia me nā molekala nui e hana hou ana iā lākou iho, e like me ka polyethylene a me ka polystyrene. Hiki i kēia mau polymers ke lawe i nā haneli mau makahiki e decompose.
Ke hoʻokō nei ʻo BioLogiQ i kāna "ʻenehana iQ", e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hoʻohui e like me ka ʻuala a me ka starch kulina a i ʻole ka glycerin maoli i loaʻa mai nā aila meaʻai a me nā momona holoholona i ka hana ʻana i nā plastics.
ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka pohō ʻana o ka plastic no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā microorganism e wāwahi i nā mea like me ka starch a me ka glycerin.