How Superworms Make Styrofoam Into a Healthy Meal
By understanding the microbes that help large beetle larvae digest polystyrene, scientists hope to find a better disposal process for packing foam.
Tyres and microplastics: time to reinvent the wheel? | Friends of the Earth
Candy Medusa Plastic Killer sent me this article about how Vehicle tyres are probably the biggest source of plastic pollution in our rivers and seas!? They are also a big part of what they're finding in those spider webs!
Insights into plastic biodegradation: community composition and functional capabilities of the superworm (Zophobas morio) microbiome in styrofoam feeding trials | Microbiology Society
Plastics take FOREVER to break down in nature...so the idea of styrofoam munching superworms is quite exciting for cleaning up our cheap packing materials, no?
Spider webs record severity of microplastic pollution in cities
Charlotte's Web would be 1/10 microplastics!? It makes perfect sense, but I didn't consider how spider webs trap pollutants like heavy metals and magnetic particles...well we're setting these webs on fire, analysing the resultes and discovering pesky microplastics...big time!