To combat pollution... A Japanese discovery reduces a threat endangering the world.

Recent United Nations reports warn that the volume of plastic pollutants in the world could triple by 2040, stating that the amount of plastic waste dumped into the oceans annually ranges between 23 and 37 million tons.

In this context, Japanese researchers from the "Raiken" Center for Emerging Material Sciences and the University of Tokyo have developed a new type of plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours to combat the pollution caused by plastic waste, which is one of the most dangerous sources of pollution in the world.

According to the Japanese website "High Channel," a "scientific team has succeeded in manufacturing a plastic material that decomposes quickly and cleanly without leaving any residue," noting that "an experiment was conducted in a laboratory in the city of Wako near Tokyo, involving placing a small piece of the new plastic in saltwater, and it disappeared in less than an hour."

The innovative team behind this type of plastic indicates that it has not been commercially released yet, but many packaging companies have shown interest in it due to this property."