Are fungi that eat up plastic a solution to our waste woes? | Cosmos Briefing

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Scientists at the University of Sydney have discovered two types of fungi that have surprisingly useful properties.
They eat plastic.
But is it enough to reduce humanity’s reliance on plastics, and the massive pollution problem emerging across the planet as a result of this waste product?
Cosmos caught up with Professor Ali Abbas and PhD student Amira Farzana Samat who are investigating the plastic-eating effects of fungi, and its potential for industrial use.
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#environmentalscience #plasticpollution #fungi #greentechnology #plasticwaste #ecofriendly
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  • @1964_AMU
    @1964_AMU20 күн бұрын

    The real question is : do the fungi degrade plastic molecules to carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and water ? Or do they produce micro-plastics that later will migrate into soils and waters ?

  • @SimonkaShow
    @SimonkaShow10 ай бұрын

    This really deserves more views i hope they can make this mass usable in order to save our oceans and lands

  • @MaurizioStefanelli-dd7yo

    @MaurizioStefanelli-dd7yo

    6 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @sayeedharem4673
    @sayeedharem46734 ай бұрын

    man deserves a reward for funding this research .hope they update it soon

  • @PVFriends_VCAM50
    @PVFriends_VCAM5018 күн бұрын

    Nice!

  • @TanyaJackson-bi3zt
    @TanyaJackson-bi3zt2 ай бұрын

    amazing

  • @hawaiiangunner
    @hawaiiangunner4 ай бұрын

    😂🤣😅🤣😂 for more than 40 years we have had bacteria that eat plastic and excrete sweet crude oil. I want to know why this technology hasn't been utilized in the last 40 years. But surprisingly in 2018 scientists revealed that they found a new bacteria that eats plastic and poops oil. Sounds like a cover up to me

  • @1964_AMU

    @1964_AMU

    4 ай бұрын

    They make very little quantities of oil indeed. It is not durable for making oil, but for waste elimination, it can be a good and cheap process.

  • @user-jd6lh8nx3g

    @user-jd6lh8nx3g

    3 ай бұрын

    cause pollution was only a concern on a domestic level like recycling bins n paper . Rich industrialist dont care about the earth they need scientific proof and mathematical facts

  • @drinkwoter
    @drinkwoterАй бұрын

    imagine introducing plastic in food chain 💀 , it will eventually end up in animals to whom plastic is toxic

  • @luketracey3269

    @luketracey3269

    9 күн бұрын

    Actually ...our DNA is fifty percent fungi

  • @MaurizioStefanelli-dd7yo
    @MaurizioStefanelli-dd7yo6 ай бұрын

    Are a solution? NOT ! Are only solution

  • @familydrivepartacalao
    @familydrivepartacalaoАй бұрын

    I hope elon musk fund this

  • @luketracey3269
    @luketracey32699 күн бұрын

    DNAHuman are fifty percent fungi . Mmmmm that's yummy plastic lol.

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