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Managing plastic with plastivores (whyy.org)

submitted 1 year ago by sam_uk@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk

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Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics.

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[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Biggest problem is that we have been using plastic as part of our infrastructure for a long time. Creating/introducing a creature that eats it seems like a tricky balancing act

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