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 7년 이하
    I wonder if the worms can eat humans
    • catzluvdonutz7년 이하
      worms so cool
      • bob7년 이하
        wooorms are gross but helpful
        • turtle7년 이하
          stop the violence can't we all just get along by Caretaker in the longest yard the movie
          • turtle7년 이하
            STOP THE GARBAGE CANT WE ALL BE CLEAN
            • Jaelynn7년 이하
              we are learning this right now in science room 27 at crestwood
              • unicorn lady3657년 이하
                This is gross but very intresting
                • My.Dog.Is.Cool7년 이하
                  This is cool!
                  • JaVa7년 이하
                    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.