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Big Compost experiment digs up ‘biodegradable’ plastics consumer confusion

20 November 2020

84% of experiment participants like biodegradable plastics and are more likely to buy them, but are confused about where to compost them, finds a citizen science project led by Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering).

Listen: BBC Radio 4’s ‘Inside Science’ (from 13 minutes 20 seconds)