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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  • sparkle약 7년
    enzymes are something that breaks down what you eat.
    • arica약 7년
      the worms
      • hEy약 7년
        I think this is awesome!
        • Reply to this:약 7년
          Why cant wax worms fix the problems with the plastic pulotion? REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          • sparkle약 7년
            why cant wax worms solve our problems? because they can't eat all of the plastic and because the people of the world make plastic every single day like "ziploc" bags.
            • Hello약 7년
              The wax worms eat to slowly
              • DoNUt$약 7년
                I learned a lot about this topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                • JaVa약 7년
                  so its our fault if we throw somthing and it hits you it would be self in-flickted
                  • sparkle약 7년
                    it also means that you aren'tjust affecting the world but also yourself.
                    • Mr.PopPa약 7년
                      I want to learn MORE!!!

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