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submitted 5 months ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

P. album is capable of mineralizating UV-treated polyethylene (PE) into CO2.

Well, FUCK!

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

First I was like "that sounds really good actually" but turning it into CO2 probably isnt good news

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Might it be better than sticking around is plastic for thousands of years? I don't know.