Joker to NewsEnglish • 4 days agoPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down12cross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comJoker to NewsEnglish • 4 days agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: jingszo
minus-square@HomerianSymphonylink31•4 days ago Instead of releasing a huge number of these insects into trash sites (which isn’t practical) Try it anyway!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•4 days agoFinally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester
minus-square@Etterralink13•4 days agoThey’re mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it’ll be fine.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 days agoAbout time! The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoAs if housing wasn’t expensive enough already.
Try it anyway!
Hmmm… How to create an invasive species in 3…2…1…
Finally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester
They’re mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it’ll be fine.
Goodbye built human world !
About time!
The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere!
Back to building with stone, metal, and wood.
As if housing wasn’t expensive enough already.