How worms could help solve plastic pollution

We invented plastic to replace and repel bugs, now we are turning to bugs to get rid of plastic.

Reporter, Camera & Video Editor: Christian Caurla
Supervising Editors: Grit Hofmann, Kiyo Dörrer

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Our love-hate story with plastic:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10203637-plastic

Recycling plastic using enzymes:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mutant-enzyme-could-vastly-improve-recycling-plastic-bottles
and: https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25

Mealworms’ unusual taste for Styrofoam:
https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/09/Mealworms-Munch-Polystyrene-Foam.html?utm_source=InLine&utm_medium=InLine&utm_campaign=CEN
and: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b02661

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