Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5T18A)
Surprising discovery shows scale of plastic pollution and reveals enzymes that could boost recycling
Microbes in oceans and soils across the globe are evolving to eat plastic, according to a study.
The research scanned more than 200m genes found in DNA samples taken from the environment and found 30,000 different enzymes that could degrade 10 different types of plastic.
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