What if we could find a germ that broke down our plastic waste into tiny building blocks that could be reassembled and recycled again and again, allowing us never to produce another ounce of new plastic again? That’s the dream that scientists are now pursuing, using bacteria, fungi and more that can, functionally, “eat” plastic. https://pgsignal.com/2024/04/08/natures-recyclers-can-bacteria-and-fungi-win-the-war-on-plastic
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I wonder how we'd prevent the bacteria or fungi from spreading to places we don't want it. It would be a disaster in a hospital, for instance.