Is there an insect that can devour plastic, breaking it down to less harmful components?

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Is there an insect that can devour plastic, breaking it down to less harmful components?

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Can mealworms eat PLASTIC? (Styrofoam)

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Ever wondered if mealworms can truly eat plastic, specifically styrofoam? Join me in this eye-opening experiment where I feed a styrofoam cube to a group of ...

I felt a strange urge to buy me some bugs and let them eat my plastic garbage after watching this video 😂

Someone commented that microplastics would still emerge during/after bugs have dealt with plastics.
Do we have any bug existing that could eliminate microplastics as well?

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Cool!

Ideonella sakaiensis would be the name of the bacteria.

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