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Plastic digesting microbes 09:11 - May 11 with 740 viewsStokieBlue

This has been something that has been researched quite extensively over recent years, however the microbes previously found only worked at high temperatures. This meant that in order to digest the plastic we would need to create emissions bceause we would need to generating heat.

New research has found a number of microbes which seem to work at lower temperatures eliminating the need to heat to be generated:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/10/microbes-digest-plastics-low-tem

Could eventually be a real solution to a lot of the plastics littering the world.

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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:15 - May 11 with 707 viewsGeoffSentence

But what if they break out and eat all the plastic we are using?

This is a conspiracy from the timber industry to take over the world.

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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:16 - May 11 with 699 viewsNthQldITFC

Good news.

I've actually been experimenting with these myself, and just realised that I forgot to wash my hands after I left the lab. Hope I manage to get to the end of this post before my keybo

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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:21 - May 11 with 677 viewsEwan_Oozami

Plastic digesting microbes on 09:15 - May 11 by GeoffSentence

But what if they break out and eat all the plastic we are using?

This is a conspiracy from the timber industry to take over the world.


BCWYWF (posted previously when this was discussed!)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mutant-59-plastic-eaters-Pedler-Gerry/dp/0670496626

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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:30 - May 11 with 650 viewsStokieBlue

Plastic digesting microbes on 09:21 - May 11 by Ewan_Oozami

BCWYWF (posted previously when this was discussed!)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mutant-59-plastic-eaters-Pedler-Gerry/dp/0670496626


Kit Pedler is a fantastic name for a sci-fi author.

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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:44 - May 11 with 599 viewsBlueBadger

Plastic digesting microbes on 09:30 - May 11 by StokieBlue

Kit Pedler is a fantastic name for a sci-fi author.

SB


Responsible for some of the most iconic images/scenes in British Sci-Fi as well as writing credits for two of its most influential shows.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Pedler#Writing_credits
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Plastic digesting microbes on 09:50 - May 11 with 570 viewsWeWereZombies

Plastic digesting microbes on 09:15 - May 11 by GeoffSentence

But what if they break out and eat all the plastic we are using?

This is a conspiracy from the timber industry to take over the world.


Or maybe a conspiracy by both the timber and plastics industries to create a fake war smokescreen to deflect our attention from the dangers of all long chain molecules...

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