From Wired Science:
Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose — but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel Burd made it happen in just three months.
The Waterloo, Ontario high school junior figured that something must make plastic degrade, even if it does take millennia, and that something was probably bacteria.
(Hey, at between one-half and 90 percent of Earth’s biomass, bacteria’s a pretty safe bet for any biological mystery.)
June 10, 2008 at 12:53 am
This is freaking awesome. And people have been wondering what to do about this for how many years? I blame the pharmaceutical companies. They always seem to be a good scapegoat. – Kellan
June 10, 2008 at 1:35 am
Heh. Nice.