Japanese scientists isolate bacteria that can eat plastic:

<http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/newly-discovered-bacteria-can-eat-plastic-bottles/>

One of the many little bits I remember from Ringworld was Louis Wu commenting that a mold had evolved that could eat polyethylene film; that they’d had to find new ways to wrap bread.

PET is rather widely used….

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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