Could Plastic-Eating Bacteria Save The Planet?

There's a worldwide plastic production of 350 million tons a year. And about 300 million tons are ending up as waste. We've put billions of tons, actually, of plastic into the environment. By 2050 people have predicted that there'll be more plastic in the ocean than fish in terms of weight. Remnants of our products have spread to every corner of the planet. With both global production of plastics and the cost of recycling rising, the outlook is bleak. But our planet has a remarkable way of fighting back. Recently discovered plastic-eating bacteria has given scientists hope. Hope to decontaminate our planet and make cleaner products for the future.

Channel: Bloomberg Quicktake: Originals

Views: 357,437

Keywords: News, bloomberg, green, moonshot, plastics, recycling, pandemic, waste, pollution, quicktake

Id: DDhPuyrSq3E

Length: 12min 25sec (745 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 14 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/kleer001]

yea, if we don't mind living without plastic.

inevitably the genes to eat plastic will get out and well...