Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • @9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
    10•5 months ago

    Not really good news for the plastic that isnt waste. Plastic pipes or structures in buildings that were meant to last decades we dont want eaten away by fungus

    • BalderEnglish
      6•5 months ago

      Still it’s a positive net balance for the planet if it happens this way. But I think the “plastic safety” (in a food sense) would also end?

      • @anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1•5 months ago

        Hate to break it to you, but if you store your food for years above freezing and without a protective atmosphere in a plastic container it’s spoiled anyway.

    • @Kiernian@lemmy.world
      1•5 months ago

      To say nothing of how much cabling is covered by plastic.

      Audio

      Video

      Vehicular

      Aviation

      Appliances…

      …Telecommunications…

      …Power…