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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can't we just inject ourselves with plastic eating bacteria or something?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We just need to turn up the UV lights voltage and melt the plastic out. Is that something we could look into?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

We are the plastic eating bacteria.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If we knew of bacteria that cleanly ate plastic, we probably wouldn't be riddled with micro plastics 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We know of them and are working on making them more efficient

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Those are Ideonella, and the byproducts are still toxic tu humans. Wouldn't work.