Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting solution to plastic pollution

Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by goatlover on Monday April 24, 2017 @02:18PM (#14186631)

The bigger problem is everything that doesn't make it into the landfill, particularly the plastics that get into the water. The oceans have tons of plastic breaking down into smaller pieces that fish and birds and eat.

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by cortesoft on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:15PM (#14187171)

But how will these caterpillars help with that issue?

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by dmix on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:35PM (#14187350)

... That's why it's a problem.

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by SophosQ on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:58AM (#14192636)

We could try and replicate the degradation processs or find a similar one in the lab. Nature has often been an inspiration for new inventions such as burrs for Velcro.

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