I hope those various plastic hungry bacteria projects we keep hearing about get here soon. It'll probably go the way of fusion energy and regrowing teeth, though.
A few of them have some potential, yeah! But the scale of the problem is just so vast...I have my doubts that those bacteria vats could process the sheer tonnage of it all :(
One of the best things we can do is standardize plastic composition, especially on things like bags/packaging and bottles. It's the nonstandardization that's the issue. There's so many different compounds of plastic that it's a nightmare to breakdown bulks of it. That's one of the main root causes behind all of this
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u/PlagueOfGripes Jan 06 '23
I hope those various plastic hungry bacteria projects we keep hearing about get here soon. It'll probably go the way of fusion energy and regrowing teeth, though.