Can These Plastic-Eating Wax Worms Help Reduce Our Trash?
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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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- sparkle7년 이하enzymes are something that breaks down what you eat.
- arica7년 이하the worms
- hEy7년 이하I think this is awesome!
- Reply to this:7년 이하Why cant wax worms fix the problems with the plastic pulotion? REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- sparkle7년 이하why 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.
- Hello7년 이하The wax worms eat to slowly
- DoNUt$7년 이하I learned a lot about this topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- JaVa7년 이하so its our fault if we throw somthing and it hits you it would be self in-flickted
- sparkle7년 이하it also means that you aren'tjust affecting the world but also yourself.
- Mr.PopPa7년 이하I want to learn MORE!!!