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The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by Ph.D. student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
Scientists believe they have partly solved the mystery of what happens to all the rubbish dumped in the waterScientists believe they have partly solved the mystery of what happens to all the rubbish dumped in the water