Can These Plastic-Eating Wax Worms Help Reduce Our Trash?

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Wax worm chewing through plastic (Photo Credit: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe)

Though plastic shopping bags are incredibly cheap and useful, their disposal causes widespread pollution. That's because the non-biodegradable polyethylene takes centuries to decompose and is also detrimental to wildlife who often mistake the colorful debris for food. Now, we may have an unlikely ally to help clean up our trash – a small wax worm bred primarily for use as premium fish bait.

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  • mummy8년 이하
    yummy i want to eat some can i have a bucket full of them and a plate?
    • B-e-a-utifl8년 이하
      IS SO COOL
      • mummy8년 이하
        yummy i want to eat it can i have a bucket of them and a plate
        • kboy8년 이하
          This is cool i want some so i dont have to take out the trash no more
          • nbob8년 이하
            this is nice
            • cgirl8년 이하
              nasty
              • julia8년 이하
                this is really cool.
                • julia8년 이하
                  fun
                  • mircat8년 이하
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                    • NoNameStranger 8년 이하
                      Worms eating trash would be great, but if they overpopulate, we could have some plastic loss that could put grocery stores out of bags, which would be funny to see on the news. ;)

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