{"id":462,"date":"2022-10-13T16:46:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/?p=462"},"modified":"2024-06-09T03:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T03:43:37","slug":"super-worms-for-the-garbage-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/2022\/10\/13\/super-worms-for-the-garbage-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Super worms for the garbage crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd7619351d4e3681c7408b7443d1ee9c\">There is a worm that eats Styrofoam. Yes. Yes, there is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05719b7c136fe2c5591575970869abeb\">Scientists and biologists specifically studying what bacteria and organisms can consume things like styrofoam and water bottles which occupy a considerable space in landfills. More than 14 million tons of styrofoam and plastics end up in water. Here\u2019s what\u2019s cool: the bacteria and critters are doing the work, but scientists are studying the enzymes they use to consume the waste. This isn\u2019t going to happen overnight. A lot of study goes into figuring out the chemical processes, then working them to scale and (oh yes) looking for unintended consequences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-776e8939cf67c46daa096e7e86266c94\">Because what could go wrong?\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/06\/17\/plastic-eating-superworm-garbage-crisis\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/06\/17\/plastic-eating-superworm-garbage-crisis\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f1680958fefd646ccbd790ad3e6c4a2\">#wastemanagement #styrofoam #garbage #workingwithnature<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/download.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a worm that eats Styrofoam. 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