“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could exclusively ... Can fungi solve the plastic crisis? While the discovery of plastic-eating fungi is a step forward, it is unlikely ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAWN MILLER “The really sad thing about this is that they’re eating plastic thinking it’s food,” says Matthew Savoca, a marine biologist with the National Oceanic and ...

Fungi provided the essential minerals they needed before plants evolved roots and could ... plastic waste”. In addition to fungi’s potential to help crop production and fight plastic pollution, ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution ... By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can ...

Another way is through machines, like this one, that clean up plastic floating in our oceans and bring it back to land to be recycled. Scientists are also working on making a bacteria that could ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics, and take ...

The agency wanted a system that could convert food wrappers and water ... It also needed to harness the power of plastic-eating microbes. “When we started this project four years ago, the ...

Warnings about plastic ... seas and oceans, the breaking-down of these items into shards small enough to get into the food chain has prompted some doctors to worry aloud that people could be ...

The agency wanted a system that could convert food wrappers and water ... It also needed to harness the power of plastic-eating microbes. “When we started this project four years ago, the ...

Where is it coming from? There are three main ways plastic ends up in the oceans: Throwing plastic in the bin when it could be recycled Plastic you put in the bin ends up in landfill. When rubbish is ...

Is plastic recyclable? Learn about recycling codes for plastic, how many times can plastic be recycled, and types of plastic decomposition including bacteria-eating ... fats could be made into ...