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This is not a problem. Microorganisms are already evolving to metabolize plastic: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-could-fuel-a-recyc

by sddfd 9y ago

This is not a problem. Microorganisms are already evolving to metabolize plastic: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-could-fuel-a-recycling-revolution https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-c... The real problems start when microorganisms that can metabolize plastic become so ubiquitous that plastic will rot over time.

dTal 9y ago
Good. Humans are clearly not responsible enough to safely manage a non-biodegradable material. Like antibiotics, we slung it all over the place inappropriately, and now it is going away.
kwhitefoot 9y ago
> microorganisms that can metabolize plastic Subject of a Doomwatch episode in 1970: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0564476/?ref_=ttep_ep1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0564476/?ref_=ttep_ep1