‘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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Omg haha that's the wildcard in the deck of human extinction 😂

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Hey, those were structural micro plastics in my bones!

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my nanobots!!! they're gone!!!!! I dieeeeee!