University of Delaware chemical engineers are exploring new ways to biodegrade plastic with help from microbes that live in the gut of yellow mealworms. The microbes, found in the worm’s digestive tract, are experts at degrading mixed plastic, dirty plastic and more. The researchers are feeding the worms different types of mixed plastics, including those contaminated with common food wastes, and taking a microbial census, in hopes of gleaning insights that can help drive new biological ways to upcycle plastics.

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