Plastic Eating Bacteria
Two high school senior girls in Vancouver have recently discovered a process that helps break down plastic. This process begins with solvent that dissolves the plastic, and then what is left over can be consumed by their newly developed bacteria. This bacteria was made to specifically eat phthalate, a material found in plastic that is hard to break down. Over in Japan at Kyoto University, they found a completely new bacteria species that eats plastics. There are also current studies on how meal worms can eat Styrofoam and plastic. I believe that this could be a extremely beneficial discovery to the world. Being that all the plastic ever used is still floating around somewhere on earth either in landfills or oceans, although side effects are not yet known. Learn about the bacteria here!
I think that this article and the trial itself are indeed good for not only our country's government but the world's ecosystem too. If the kids do win the trial, the government (and trump) will be disrupted into having to participate by helping save our ecosystem and deal with the problem of climate change. It will also be helpful on quite a larger scale considering that if a first world country like the USA were to start paying more attention to our environmental issues and help to retain a healthy ecosystem, the world would be much better off.
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