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JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 6 months ago

Some good news-Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya

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Some good news-Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya

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JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 6 months ago
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There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been found to be capable of breaking the polluting plastic down, though this is the first time that an insect species native to Africa has been found to do this.

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Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya

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    For over 40 years.

    Also termites.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/N46wazw6nUnFKBXF7

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