Finding viable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics and microplastics has never been more important. New research from scientists at UC San Diego and Algenesis shows that their plant-based polymers biodegrade — even at the microplastic level — in under seven months.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00081
Edit: As a possibility? I’ve not implemented or tried it myself, just heard of the research. Probably better implemented at utility scale, than individual houses, but not reason cant be both.
Did you actually read that? The process is wasteful and not something easily implemented. Even if it was done by the utility, the water would pass through many plastic bits before reaching the homes… IDK it doesn’t seem very usrful