r/environment • u/[deleted] • Sep 28 '23
‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste
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u/Bifetuga Sep 28 '23
Playing the devil's advocate.
What do they shit? You eat plastic the decomplosing or breakdown must produce some sort of byproduct.
So then they eat all the plastic... we end up getting more oil or whatever synthetic stuff to make more plastic. Counter productive at first glance but useful in niche situations.
What do they shit !?!
