hedge@beehaw.org to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agoThe plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10cross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkThe plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comhedge@beehaw.org to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoA lot of the waste is single use plastics which don’t need to be that durable and are just trash after that single use. There are lots of different types of plastic as well so this bacteria can likely only break down specific kinds.
A lot of the waste is single use plastics which don’t need to be that durable and are just trash after that single use.
There are lots of different types of plastic as well so this bacteria can likely only break down specific kinds.