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We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world (www.theguardian.com)

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When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

this sounds like the premise of a dystopian novel

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh no, a world in which our plastic waste problem has been solved in an eco-friendly way. Dreadful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's in the Oryx And Crake trilogy.