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A larva that eats plastic
A larva could reduce the amount of plastic waste on land that accumulates in landfills.
More specifically polyethylene, one of the most resistant materials and which is difficult to degrade in a natural way.
This discovery was made by Federica Bertocchini, a Spanish researcher at the Spanish Center for National Research.
As she was getting rid of larvae of the wax moth, called Galleria mellonella, a very common butterfly, she noticed that the plastic bags she was using were dotted with thousands of tiny holes.
80 million tonnes of polyethylene are produced each year around the world and most of them end up in the oceans.
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