Researchers invent one hundred percent biodegradable "barley plastic"

[gnabgib]

https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/06/researchers-invent-one-hundred-percent-biodegradable-barley-plastic/

[pasttense01]

"a new material made from modified starch that can completely decompose in nature – and do so within only two months."

Lots of stuff is kept by the retailer or consumer longer than two months; no one wants the container to decompose while sitting there.