Can mealworms eat PLASTIC? (Styrofoam)
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Ever wondered if mealworms can truly eat plastic, specifically styrofoam? Join me in this eye-opening experiment where I feed a styrofoam cube to a group of ...

I felt a strange urge to buy me some bugs and let them eat my plastic garbage after watching this video 😂

Someone commented that microplastics would still emerge during/after bugs have dealt with plastics.
Do we have any bug existing that could eliminate microplastics as well?

    • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Let me school you on this one, too. There are polymethylsilanes, polyphosphazines, etc. You aren’t even aware of common polymers like PVC that fall outside of your categories. There’s more exotic stuff like polyferrocenes. You ought to quit spouting off about things you know nothing about.