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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/hardware/p/1603890/researchers-discover-that-some-biodegradable-electronics-produce-microplastics-as-they

That biodegradable chip might not be so biodegradable after all.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This article is a bit sensational: You have to look at PEDOT:PSS in the context of what it's replacing: Plastics that take hundreds to thousand of years to degrade. That also release much more harmful microplastics that also last hundreds of years.

Compared to that, "more than 8 years" seems pretty fucking good. Especially when you consider that PEDOT:PSS isn't produced at anywhere near the scale that regular circuit boards are (which are made from FR4). In short, PEDOT:PSS is not a serious problem.

Think about it: If stuff made from PEDOT:PSS sticks around for just 8 years, that's better than say, plastic shopping bags which persist for hundreds of years and we manufacture and throw away 5 trillion of those every year.

If everything plastic had the same environment impact as PEDOT:PSS we'd be in a much better situation (environmentally).