Rock On, Young Scientist
Karl Burkhart
Reported earlier by
Brandon Keim
At age 16, Daniel Burd discovered a bacteria that decomposes plastic. His method was clever. He ground plastic. Then he submerged it in a yeast solution. This encouraged microbe growth. He selected the most productive microorganism species. He interbred them. His microbes now can digest almost half a piece of plastic in six weeks.
Rock on, Daniel
[Another solution to the plastic problem is to only use it when it is necessary. For example, it might be necessary for certain uses in space flight or medical equipment. Plastic is not merely a disaster for the environment. It keeps us dependent on oil.
Consider this too. Look-at a glass bottle filled with water. Then compare it to a filled plastic bottle. Which one gives you a better feeling? Tap the glass bottle, and then tap the plastic one. Which sound gave you a better feeling? Now drink from the glass and also from the plastic. Does not the sensation of glass just feel right? We do not even need logical arguments against plastic. It gives us a bad vibration, so to speak. Does it not? Is it really justified for us to make so many plastic things in the first place?]
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