RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoTransparent Wood? Scientists Invent Biodegradable Material That Could Replace Plasticsthedebrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI think the grand irony about this thing is that if there really was a bacteria that could eat away it plastic there would be a mass panic – "new dangerous bacteria found eating away at plastic containers, all packaging rotting on store shelves!"
minus-squaretischbier@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoI worry about it eating the plastic in our body. Unintended consequences
minus-squareLucky_777@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoIf it just eats plastic and nothing else. This is actually a good thing. Eat all the microplastics you can little bacteria
I think the grand irony about this thing is that if there really was a bacteria that could eat away it plastic there would be a mass panic – "new dangerous bacteria found eating away at plastic containers, all packaging rotting on store shelves!"
I worry about it eating the plastic in our body. Unintended consequences
If it just eats plastic and nothing else. This is actually a good thing. Eat all the microplastics you can little bacteria