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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·1 month agoLatex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 month agoI only use authentic Amish made sheep intestine condoms because they are definitely biodegradable.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI mean, true but they’re better than the styrofoam ones… /s
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month ago(I know you’re joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoStyrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I’m going to say yes.
minus-squareanivia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPolyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century
Latex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.
I only use authentic Amish made sheep intestine condoms because they are definitely biodegradable.
And reusable!
and edible.
I mean, true but they’re better than the styrofoam ones…
/s
(I know you’re joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)
Styrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I’m going to say yes.
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Polyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century