Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...

Canadian researchers are now engineering bacteria to help tackle the growing environmental impact of microplastics.

The discovery of plastic-eating bacteria has also given scientists hope that we might find an actual solution to the problem ...

However, researchers have come up with a sci-fi like solution. By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can self-destruct. The spores remain dormant ...

Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found there ...

Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found in ...

The researchers at the University of Waterloo altered bacteria found in wastewater treatment, where microplastics can enter ...

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) takes hundreds of years to degrade in the environment, breaking down over time into ...

coli bacteria can transform plastic into a useful ... with the rest released as carbon dioxide. Like other plastic-eating organisms, Pseudomonas breaks down the polyurethane using enzymes; and ...

"We will assess the risks of using engineered, plastic-eating bacteria in the natural environment" said Aaron Yip, a PhD candidate in the University of Waterloo's department of chemical engineering.

"We will assess the risks of using engineered, plastic-eating bacteria in the natural environment" said Aaron Yip, a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering. "Right now, microplastic ...