Bacteria That Eats Plastic Found | Chicago News

A groundbreaking discovery reveals a soil bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, that can efficiently break down PET plastic—the same stuff in your water bottles—using it as food. In just six weeks, it fully degrades thin PET films in lab tests, offering a potential biological solution to the global plastic pollution crisis. Scientists are now racing to scale this innovation, aiming to deploy these microbes or their enzymes industrially for large-scale waste cleanup. It’s a hopeful reminder that nature might hold the key to solving our biggest environmental challenges. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/8d30213849fce55b