High school kid figures out how to make plastic bags biodegrade

[evince]

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/teen-decomposes-plastic-bag-in-three-months.php

They do it in three months thanks to the microbes he researched.

 

[Cancel3]

Well done. Kudos to this kid for his hard work.

 

[evince]

Imagine what we would have in the sense of technology if we had invested in these types of scientific inquiry?

 

[Battleborne]

Well............

A very bright kid indeed...however are not plastic bags et al recyclable anyhoo?

 

[evince]

They are but not all people are willing to do so and they end up in land fills all the time.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

I don't have a recycling station in my state. Don't blame me.

 

[Battleborne]

Yes...!

They are but not all people are willing to do so and they end up in land fills all the time.

and last time I checked most if not all landfills...sort and recycle them! along with pc's and usable metals,paper etc!

 

[uscitizen]

Wrongo, the landfill my trash goes to only seperates out magnetic metals. The rest gest buried. I have to drive 12 miles to put recyclables in a bin..with the price of gas....

 

[Dilloduck]

Wrongo, the landfill my trash goes to only seperates out magnetic metals. The rest gest buried. I have to drive 12 miles to put recyclables in a bin..with the price of gas....

Obviously a conspiracy to force you into polluting. I'm going to get Desh on the case ASAP.

 

[Damocles]

Simply growing two types of bacterium in cultures to decompose plastics is awesome. I was going to go and search up the fact that plastics do decompose but he already did it for me.

This will work for far more than just baggies too.

 

[Socrtease]

Most landfills do try to find recycling purchasors. Our land fill here has contracts with paper, metal and plastic recyclers but the paper recycler has such a back fill of paper he has suspended the contract until further notice. So we have gone back to burying it. Not so bad, paper degrades fairly well. I wonder if this kid can patent his idea or something. All that work should be well rewarded.