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Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated.

Grist

This story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. billion tons of plastic. At the beginning, sure, it will be a little more costly,” Marty said.