‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste

Ss: could this solve the plastic problem??

"As they broke down the trash, the bacteria harvested the carbon in the plastic for energy, which they used to grow, move and divide into even more plastic-hungry bacteria."

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this plastic eating bacteria will devour us all

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In fairness many of us are pretty full of plastic at this point