Apr 13, 2020
Scientists found a new strain of bacteria that feeds on toxic plastic and uses it as food to power the process of breaking the plastic down. It’s the first known bacteria to attack polyurethane. The research team found the bacterium at a waste site where a considerable amount of plastic...
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