Besides plastic-eating bacteria, some scientists have speculated that it may be possible to use nanomaterials to decompose plastic into water and carbon dioxide.

How plastic-eating bacteria actually work – a chemist explains. Scientists have discovered a new technique that could help create more environmentally friendly recycling ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...

Plastic-eating bacteria could help to one day tackle some of the 14 million tons of plastic that is offloaded into our oceans every year. Plastic pollution leads to severe impact on marine ...

Plastic-eating bacteria could help make trash disappear By Charles Q. Choi March 11, 2016 / 9:45 AM EST / Livescience.com ...

But, with a plastic-eating bacteria in our back pocket, scientists could devise ways to help improve the current sorry rate of plastic recycling. If you thought that plastic recycling was a lot ...

In a landfill, a plastic bottle can take more than a thousand years to break down. But a new process can transform polyethylene plastic in days, using bacteria to eat the waste and then turn it ...

The team that accidentally created a plastic-eating enzyme pushes to make it more efficient. Search for: Science. ... Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteria.

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope. A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds.

Plastic is a popular material because it is cheap and versatile. We produce around 450 million tonnes of it each year, but this has a deleterious impact on the environment because it’s mostly ...

This breakdown process still requires that the bacteria and plastics find each other in the environment, though. So a team of researchers decided to put the bacteria in the plastic itself.