Is there an insect that can devour plastic, breaking it down to less harmful components? ( www.youtube.com )

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NounsAndWords , 7 months ago

Bugs? I don’t know of any. Bacteria? It seems to come up again every few years.

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Damaskox OP , 7 months ago

Cool!

Ideonella sakaiensis would be the name of the bacteria.

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DessertStorms , 7 months ago

Bugs? I don’t know of any

Not sure if worms count as bugs, but, in the same way as the bacteria, there is an article about these every few years:
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/april/earthworms-like-to-eat-some-plastics-but-side-effects-of-digestion-are-unclear.html

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