Wax worm caterpillar will eat plastic shopping bags: New solution to plastic waste?
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 13:41
in Earth & Climate
Generally speaking, plastic is incredibly resistant to breaking down. That's certainly true of the trillion polyethylene plastic bags that people use each and every year. But researchers may be on track to find a solution to plastic waste. The key is a caterpillar commonly known as a wax worm.