Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill. Now scientists discovered a strain of bacteria, the first of its kind, that can degrade the harmful compounds in polyurethane products.
Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill.
Now scientists discovered a strain of bacteria, the first of its kind, that can degrade the harmful compounds in polyurethane products -- a positive step toward reducing the amount of plastic pollution in the environment. The findings were published last week in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Plastic bags may smell like food to hungry sea turtles, a new study says A group of German researchers identified the bacterium Pseudomonas putida in the soil of a site covered in plastic waste.
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