Looks like this has been know for years... http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es504038a http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es504038a http://www.smithsonianma

Looks like this has been know for years... http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es504038a http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es504038a http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plastic-loving-bacteria-worms-gut-could-help-break-down-our-pollution-problem-180953528/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plastic-loving-bact... http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2015/pr-worms-digest-plastics-092915.html http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2015/pr-worms-digest-plastics-09...