| ▲ | graemep 4 days ago |
| Depends on what you put in, how much, and where. I do not think moderate quantities of nutrients are a problem, and very likely has benefits. |
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| ▲ | emilamlom 4 days ago | parent [-] |
| What the other commenter is alluding to is that, if this comes into widespread use, it won't just be a moderate amount. We produce mind-boggling amounts of plastic waste and a lot of it would concentrate in rivers and estuaries. |
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| ▲ | Tagbert 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | These would not break down into the kinds of nutrients that cause algal blooms and dead zones. That is cause by nitrogen and phosphorus runoff. | | |
| ▲ | emilamlom 4 days ago | parent [-] | | That's interesting. I didn't have access to the paper, just the abstract, so didn't know it was different. |
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| ▲ | graemep 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It will be a moderate amount compared to the amounts that produce dead zones. |
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