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I are the Onion on that one, damn you shakes fist

Stories like this pop up all the time "Bugs eat plastics" "Plastics turned back into fuel" "Plastics reused into new objects"

None of it turns into any real solutions, and I can only assume it's a greenwashing campaign with a science veneer, by spreading the idea that eventually science will make plastics fully recyclable/reusable/compostable.

The greenwashing plastics/petroleum industry is preying on the idea that there's a solution on the horizon for the unsolvable problem of plastics recycling and reuse.

Please reduce or even eliminate plastics use, if possible.

Especially single use plastics.

...scientists still don’t understand how life evolved from its very origins to the early communities of which LUCA is a part.

Failure of alien biocontainment systems. Or maybe deliberate life seeding. Or hitchhiking enclosed ecosystem, like a biosphere, on a meteorite.

Here's a thought: Did Aussie ban 16 and unders from Lemmy too?

I'm guessing we're not a "major platform" as the rules define them.

Go ahead, hire people of both learning and good character, and see where that gets you!

Not to mention a backbone...

!dontputyourdickinthat

Until you can order a happy ending, I think Japan's soaplands are safe.

You want Hulk fungi?

Because this is how you get Hulk fungi.

It's even approximately that shade of green.

Good for them!

Maybe some locally owned grocers do, but here in SF, both big chain markets and most small grocers sell the thick "reusable" actually-not-reused plastic bags.

I live in San Francisco, where Waymos are ubiquitous, and I have to say that they're actually good drivers.

I've seen them make difficult turns, merge lanes in heavy traffic, and wait patiently while some car ahead of them puts on their emergency lights, and the driver runs inside to get their takeout, but the Waymo can't go around them due to traffic in the left lane.

Actual maps here on the DMV announcement page: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/autonomous-vehicle-testing-permit-holders/waymo-approved-areas-of-operation-for-driverless-testing-and-deployment/

It's a large expansion.

In the Bay Area, the area of operation is extended all the way to Sacramento, and well into Sonoma County.

In SoCal, it's the whole coastal corridor between LA and San Diego.