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A comment on Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting solution to plastic pollution. Parent comment

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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