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Plastic degradation is a thing already in naturally occurring bacteria that evolved a PETase: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6278/1196/tab-figures-d

• Rochus 6y ago
  But producing fuel as the fellow suggested would then be another function to be added to the bacterium; and maybe it should work on different kinds of plastic.
  • flobosg 6y ago
    Of course, that's why I focused on degradation. There's plenty of room for improvement. For instance, PETase is not very efficient actually, and many research groups are working on its engineering.