Plastics are packed with energy. There are already bacteria and fungi taking advantage of that energy source. I think we’ll soon see micro-plastics being “taken

Plastics are packed with energy. There are already bacteria and fungi taking advantage of that energy source. I think we’ll soon see micro-plastics being “taken care of” by a new ecosystem. The bacteria will spread like wildfire: the environment is lush with micro-plastics. Things will evolve from there. Perhaps in the future, natural bacterial gene transfers will create plastic-consuming termites. https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Plastic-eating_Bacteria https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Plastic-eating_Bact... https://e360.yale.edu/digest/bugs-are-evolving-to-eat-plastic-study-finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/bugs-are-evolving-to-eat-plasti... Oh, heck, turns out there are plastic-eating caterpillars! https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/the-very-hungry-plastic-eating-caterpillar/524097/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/the-very... In the dystopian future, we no longer have plastics because it just gets eaten, as useful as building homes from gingerbread.