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We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world (www.theguardian.com)
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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?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who knows what its consequences are? How about a simpler approach, like reducing plastic use maybe instead of some pie in the sky project?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

We do probably want both. Even if we end plastic production completely tomorrow, we need to work out a way to clean up all the plastic we've already dumped all over the world