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More plastic? Should we not try to figure out how to engineer microbes to ingest micro plastic and return something biodegradable?
by splittingTimes 8y ago
More plastic? Should we not try to figure out how to engineer microbes to ingest micro plastic and return something biodegradable?
- King-Aaron 8y agoI mean, it kind of said that in the article? > It would be an attractive plastic alternative—one that would break down naturally in the environment, and wouldn't leach hormone-mimicking compounds into water
- wumms 8y agoAt least for PET some bacteria exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETase