Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular signature distinguishes enzymes capable of efficiently breaking down plastic. Found in nearly 80% of ocean samples, these PETase variants show nature’s growing adaptation to human pollution.
What if the opposite happens and “oh shit, all plastic in the world is getting eaten, it’s worthless now!”
It happened to cellulose.
What’s going to happen to all the micro plastic in our bodies? And how long before it just eats us too.