Microbes that Digest Plastic at Low Temps Are Discovered in the Alps and the Arctic.

QuoteMicrobes that can eat plastic at low temperatures, making them more cost-effective than current ones, have been found in the Alps.

Several microorganisms capable of destroying plastic polymers have already been discovered. As a result, businesses have latched onto bioengineering the enzymes found in various bacteria and fungi as a means to tackle plastic pollution.

Full story: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/microbes-that-digest-plastic-at-low-temps-are-discovered-in-the-alps-and-the-arctic/

Sounds promising as long as we don't end up needing to find microbes to eat the plastic eating microbes when they have finished and so on 

But yeah, looks like a positive step