Joker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 天前Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down12cross-posted to: jingszo@lemmy.world
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comJoker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 天前message-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: jingszo@lemmy.world
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·9 天前 Instead of releasing a huge number of these insects into trash sites (which isn’t practical) Try it anyway!
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 天前Hmmm… How to create an invasive species in 3…2…1…
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 天前Finally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 天前They’re mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it’ll be fine.
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 天前About time! The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere!
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 天前Back to building with stone, metal, and wood.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 天前As if housing wasn’t expensive enough already.
Try it anyway!
Hmmm… How to create an invasive species in 3…2…1…
Finally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester
They’re mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it’ll be fine.
Goodbye built human world !
About time!
The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere!
Back to building with stone, metal, and wood.
As if housing wasn’t expensive enough already.