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We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
(www.theguardian.com)
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This bacteria eats only one type of plastic (PET), and that's a minority of the plastic we produce
Related, half of the plastic pollution in the oceans is fishing nets; want less plastic in the environment, stopping fishing would be a better first step (and is required for many other reasons anyway)
Fishing nets are the most common waste, in the most common place that fishing nets are used.