The problem of plastic pollutions has been dominating environmental headlines for months. Now, a student at a college in Oregon in the United States may have found one of the most promising solutions: bacteria capable of “eating” plastic and breaking it down into harmless by-products. Much more testing and development is necessary. The research team insists that the selected bacteria are naturally occurring and not genetically engineered.
Natural solution: Plastic-eating bacteria could solve global pollution crisis
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