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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

P. album is capable of mineralizating UV-treated polyethylene (PE) into CO2.

Well, FUCK!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

First I was like "that sounds really good actually" but turning it into CO2 probably isnt good news

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 7 months ago

Might it be better than sticking around is plastic for thousands of years? I don't know.