We all know plastics aren’t biodegradable and that’s bad, so why can’t we just use chemical science to break them down ourselves?
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There are fungi that are adapting to eat plastics. Oyster mushrooms from the grocery store are ok at it. Not very efficient. Other kinds are better in lab conditions with certain plastic types.
There are also machines that “melt” the plastics down to its base form to reuse as fuel. A new-er technology and therefore crazy expensive, but they’ve been popping up in Japanese shipyards, so people can trade their plastic for boat fuel.
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