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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  • sparkle6년 이상
    enzymes are something that breaks down what you eat.
    • arica6년 이상
      the worms
      • hEy6년 이상
        I think this is awesome!
        • Reply to this:6년 이상
          Why cant wax worms fix the problems with the plastic pulotion? REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          • sparkle6년 이상
            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.
            • Hello6년 이상
              The wax worms eat to slowly
              • DoNUt$6년 이상
                I learned a lot about this topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                • JaVa6년 이상
                  so its our fault if we throw somthing and it hits you it would be self in-flickted
                  • sparkle6년 이상
                    it also means that you aren'tjust affecting the world but also yourself.
                    • Mr.PopPa6년 이상
                      I want to learn MORE!!!

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