The long read: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?
  • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I heard about the discovery of plastic eating bacteria years ago, and had always wondered why they weren’t just spreading in nature and eating all the microplastics. This sheds a lot of light on current events in the field!