How worms could help solve plastic pollution

We invented plastic to replace and repel bugs, now we are turning to bugs to get rid of plastic. Reporter, Camera & Video Editor: Christian Caurla Supervising Editors: Grit Hofmann, Kiyo Dörrer READ MORE: Our love-hate story with plastic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10203637-plastic Recycling plastic using enzymes: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mutant-enzyme-could-vastly-improve-recycling-plastic-bottles and: https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25 Mealworms’ unusual taste for Styrofoam: https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/09/Mealworms-Munch-Polystyrene-Foam.html?utm_source=InLine&utm_medium=InLine&utm_campaign=CEN and: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b02661 We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DWPlanetA Check out our trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8EiTHe6eXg #PlanetA #PlasticWaste