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Wood's cellulose was not broken down for millennia, and then live evolved ways to eat it (like mushrooms). But before then, there were piles and piles of dead
by Tyr42 3y ago
Wood's cellulose was not broken down for millennia, and then live evolved ways to eat it (like mushrooms). But before then, there were piles and piles of dead trees.
I suspect plastics will be similar. Nothing has evolved to eat them, so nothing does.
- AlexandrB 3y agoIt's happening[1], albeit slowly. Plastic is such an energy-dense substance that it seems inevitable something will eat it eventually. Might not be pretty though - imagine the kind of bacterial blooms that could happen in plastic-polluted waterways. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/14/bugs-across-globe-are-evolving-to-eat-plastic-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/14/bugs-acr...