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.

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  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2019 at 2:33 AM

    that would be great if this new discovery helps to end the global crisis of plastic pollution:)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 18, 2019 at 6:47 AM

    I agree that this could be a beneficial discovery to the world to help prevent more plastic from going into the oceans and harming the environment. If we have this bacteria all over the world it will help eliminate plastic and help protect the earth. This could also control or take away plastic in landfills.

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