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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  • peen 6년 이상
    worms are cool
  • Mr. Doughnut 6년 이상
    I wonder if the worms can eat humans
    • catzluvdonutz6년 이상
      worms so cool
      • bob6년 이상
        wooorms are gross but helpful
        • turtle6년 이상
          stop the violence can't we all just get along by Caretaker in the longest yard the movie
          • turtle6년 이상
            STOP THE GARBAGE CANT WE ALL BE CLEAN
            • Jaelynn6년 이상
              we are learning this right now in science room 27 at crestwood
              • unicorn lady3656년 이상
                This is gross but very intresting
                • My.Dog.Is.Cool6년 이상
                  This is cool!
                  • JaVa6년 이상
                    they don't have enough power to do it in the whole world. and they cant do it in enough time they cant eat it all in 1 day. they will help but only litle by litle.