a plastic eating bacteria is viable solution to the plastic problem?
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28th Mar, 2021
Hello Student,
Actually plastic garbage problem is a great concern for us. Over 300 million tons of plastic produced annually. Which produce million tons of plastic garbage each year also.
Scientists recently discovered a new type of bacteria which actually consume plastics. Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium capable of breaking down and consuming the pl astic, polyethylene .
In a research scientists has discovered that those bacterias can reduce 7 to 11% of plastics in only 5 months. So this strategy may not be a complete solution but it can be e a little part for the solution to the plastic problem.
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