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Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch (futurism.com)
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Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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[–] mister_monster@monero.town 0 points 10 months ago

Yup. Plastic's main selling point, it's durability, is no longer going to be a factor when choosing it as a material.