Joker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 7 joursPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down12cross-posted to: science@lemmit.online
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minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·il y a 7 jours Instead of releasing a huge number of these insects into trash sites (which isn’t practical) Try it anyway!
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·il y a 7 joursHmmm… How to create an invasive species in 3…2…1…
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·il y a 7 joursFinally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·il y a 7 joursThey’re mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it’ll be fine.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·il y a 7 joursGoodbye built human world !
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·il y a 7 joursAbout 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·il y a 7 joursBack to building with stone, metal, and wood.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 6 joursAs 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.