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I’ve wondered how far out we are from microorganisms and insects adapting to remove one of the biggest utilities of plastics, their durability. Crazy to think it’s taking less than a century for these organisms to begin to adapt.
Yeah – I wasn't expecting nature to make plastics biodegradable sooner than we did.