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? Morgan Vague describes her research with microbiologist
Jay Mellies on bacteria that have evolved the unexpected ability to eat plastic
– and how they could help us solve our growing pollution problem.
How plastic-eating bacteria actually work – a chemist explains
