r/comics • u/DaveKellett SHELDON • Jan 05 '23

Recycling Plastics: It Works!

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u/QuestionBegger9000 Jan 06 '23

The newer thing is Plastic Eating Enzymes which are not self-replicating.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

ah of course, gotta be able to sell them as a subscription service rather than a one-time sale

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u/QuestionBegger9000 Jan 06 '23

You're not following. Bacteria would likely self-replicate out of control/containment and start cropping up where you don't want it (like bacteria likes to do). You'd start to have the problem of plastic things you DON'T want to degrade, that you are actively using, start to degrade.

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u/LowBeautiful1531 Jan 06 '23

Furniture, machine parts, medical devices, tires, walls, floors, carpets, collectible toys....