#New science behind biodegradable algae-based flip-flops
“#New science behind biodegradable algae-based flip-flops” Commerical-quality biodegradable flip-flops. Credit: Stephen Mayfield, UC San Diego. As the world’s most popular shoe, flip-flops account for a troubling percentage of plastic waste that ends up in landfills, on seashores and in our oceans. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have spent years working to resolve…