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How a Seaweed-Eating Microbe Could Help Fight Plastic Pollution

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Anthropocene

Publication Date
2019-01-03

Around 8 million metric tons of plastic are estimated to enter the oceans every year. But the oceans could provide a solution to this plastic pollution problem. In a new study published in Bioresource Technology, scientists report that certain salt-loving microorganisms could eat seaweed and produce biodegradable plastics in a sustainable fashion

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http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2019/01/how-a-seaweed-eating-microbe-could-help-fight-plastic-pollution/