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!
Very interesting Mrs. J. I have never seen an article quite like this, as most climate change articles tend to only provide strict information relating to one bias or the other with little diversifying opinion-based anecdotes. I find it refreshing and enlightening that someone goes to further lengths than just researching a topic online. Jerry Taylor went above and beyond the average citizens' due dilligence concerning climate change and it seems as though his research prevailed for him. It was astounding to read that Taylor confidently divulged that he wished he would have dedicated more thought to his climate change stance earlier in his career. Changing is not easy, and further than that, admitting your own conscious actions is what caused you to change is even harder. Props to Jerry Taylor and his ability to dig a little deeper.
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