Building The Bacteria That Can Eat Plastic

Could plastic-eating bacteria be the answer to the world’s plastic pollution crisis or is it too good to be true? Let’s find out.

Rakhi Chakraborty • 11 May, 2022 • 6 Min

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Building The Bacteria That Can Eat Plastic

Fish swim among plastic waste dumped in the ocean. Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen / Unsplash; https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1621451537084-482c73073a0f?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1374&q=80

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