• LemmyPlay@lemmings.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    1 year ago

    Anyone else wonder if plastic decomposing bacteria might be a disaster? I’m interested in it’s research and development but can’t imagine how it would be contained to stop it from eating everything we have.

    • noride@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Don’t worry, we’ll invent a type of plastic immune to this bacteria and start the whole process anew!

      As an aside, ‘plastic eating bacteria’ have been ‘discovered’ countless times over the past several decades.

    • lettruthout@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      No idea about that, but your bringing up the issue reminded me of the movie Andromeda Strain…

      “Just as he has this insight, the organism mutates into a non-lethal form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastic”

      Apparently there’s a TV show based on the same story.