Is Plastic-Eating Bacteria the Solution to Plastic Waste?

Lesedauer 3 MinutenIn 2001, a group of scientists in Japan discovered a bacteria called Ideonella Sakaiensis 201-F6 feasting upon polyethylene terephthalate (PET) deep within a landfill. Since their discovery, we have generated 2.5 billion tons of plastic waste, adding about…