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happyslug

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5. So another source of CARBON into the atmosphere?

Reply to WhiteTara (Original post)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 10:08 AM

Mar 2016

Sorry, the bacterium breaks down PET into CARBON DIOXIDE and water. The water should NOT be a problem but the CARBON DIOXIDE is. Do we WANT that much extra Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere or is it better left as plastic? Sorry this is NOT all "Good News" as you try to make it out to be.

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Plastic-eating bacteria could help make trash disappear [View all] WhiteTara Mar 2016 OP

This IS good news. narnian60 Mar 2016 #1

I look forward t a time when no plastic anywhere, your homes, your cars, your shoes, will be safe thereismore Mar 2016 #2

It would be great, wouldn't it? WhiteTara Mar 2016 #3

"Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater" by Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis (1971) Nihil Mar 2016 #4

So another source of CARBON into the atmosphere? happyslug Mar 2016 #5