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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·14 days agoIf we knew of bacteria that cleanly ate plastic, we probably wouldn’t be riddled with micro plastics 😉
minus-squareBenchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·14 days agoWe know of them and are working on making them more efficient Source
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·14 days agoThose are Ideonella, and the byproducts are still toxic tu humans. Wouldn’t work.
If we knew of bacteria that cleanly ate plastic, we probably wouldn’t be riddled with micro plastics 😉
We know of them and are working on making them more efficient
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Those are Ideonella, and the byproducts are still toxic tu humans. Wouldn’t work.