ENVIRONMENT : WORMS TO SOLVE PLASTIC POLLUTION

HOW WORMS COULD HELP SOLVE 

PLASTIC POLLUTION

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Oct 23, 2020

DW Planet A

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We invented plastic to replace and repel bugs, now we are turning to bugs to get rid of plastic.

Reporter, Camera & Video Editor: Christian Caurla

Supervising Editors: Grit Hofmann, Kiyo Dörrer

READ MORE:

Our love-hate story with plastic:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Recycling plastic using enzymes:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/...

and: https://cen.acs.org/environment/susta...

Mealworms’ unusual taste for Styrofoam:

https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2...

and: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs....

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