there is the possibility of a an apocoliptic outcome in something like this , a slow boring apocoloipse where the plastic digesting bacteria mutate and evolve t

there is the possibility of a an apocoliptic outcome in something like this , a slow boring apocoloipse where the plastic digesting bacteria mutate and evolve to the point that they no longer need there insect host, and then go on to eat every last bit of plastic on the planet, the article does suggest that developing said bacteria on an industrial scale could be done. From a biological perspective,plastic is a huge and ideal energy dense biological niche that is unused or defended, and nature, famously, abhors a vacume