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Published online 6 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060605-5
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Fungus eats enduring plastic
Voracious microbe points way to recycling resins.
A fungus that normally eats wood can also chew up some of the long-lasting plastic resins that clog landfill sites, researchers in the United States have found. This potentially offers an environmentally friendly way to recycle the waste.
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