Humans produce 300 million tons of new plastic each year -- yet, despite our
best efforts, less than 10 percent of it ends up being recycled. Is there a
better way to deal with all this waste? Microbiologist Morgan Vague studies
bacteria that, through some creative adaptations, have evolved the unexpected
ability to eat plastic -- and could help us solve our growing pollution
problem.
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Humans produce 300 million tons of new plastic each year -- yet, despite our
best efforts, less than 10 percent of it ends up being recycled. Is there a
better way to deal with all this waste? Microbiologist Morgan Vague studies
bacteria that, through some creative adaptations, have evolved the unexpected
ability to eat plastic -- and could help us solve our growing pollution
problem.
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