"Arctic Microbes Offer Solution to Plastic Waste Crisis"

Scientists have discovered microorganisms that can digest plastic at a much lower temperature of about 59 degrees Fahrenheit, which could help reduce the costs and environmental burden of plastic recycling. However, only biodegradable polyester-polyurethane and plastic mixtures of polybutylene adipate terephthalate and polylactic acid could be digested, not non-biodegradable polyethylene. The discovery was made by scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute WSL in the Alps and the Arctic.