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Well for one, bacteria already exists that eats plastic: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6278/1196

It's not too far fetched to assume this already-existent bacteria could continue to exist and possibly mutate into something more efficient or proliferate to encompass the entire ocean.




We should genetically engineer this new breed of bacteria and seed the oceans. What could go wrong?


Neat!




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