This is an absolutely fascinating story. A species of mushroom has been discovered in an Ecuadorian
forest that actually can feed off plastic. It needs no sunlight, so theoretically it could be planted in the bottom of landfills where it would degrade plastics, instead of simply burying that vile substance polluting the earth endlessly.
What's more about mushrooms? A New York-based company has created a styrofoam-like substance made from the root systems of a different mushroom species and other natural substances. I plan to do another post on this company over the next couple of days, so stayed tuned. Until then, watch the video below and get ready to say goodnight to everlasting plastics.
In case the embed fails, here's the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/more-mere-magic-mushrooms-154207424.html
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