did-you-kno:

There’s a worm that can eat plastic
shopping bags. The wax worm quickly
breaks down polyethylene, a plastic
that could take between 100 and 400
years to degrade naturally. If scientists
can find and isolate the enzyme that
dissolves the plastic, the worms could
provide a solution for reducing waste. Source Source 2 Source 3

Photo: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe