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?
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?
If we’ve got plastic inside our bodies though, are we going to start getting infected by these things then? I just feel like this whole idea has “unintended consequences” written all over it.
OK so now I am imagining the plastic eating bacteria going on a rampage.