A Reddit user went to Longhorn Steakhouse for a meal and was shocked when their server gave them plastic cutlery to cut their steak.

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature.

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African plastic-eating worms can digest plastic. Credit: Scientific Reports / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Scientists have found a surprising helper in dealing with plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. This beetle ...

This finding reinforced the importance of a balanced diet for the insects to optimally consume and degrade plastic. The insects could be eating the polystyrene because it's mostly made up of ...

The finding could be particularly useful in combating plastic pollution in Africa, the researchers noted. The continent is the second-most plastic-polluted continent in the world, despite ...

This finding reinforced the importance of a balanced diet for the insects to optimally consume and degrade plastic. The insects could be eating the polystyrene because it's mostly made up of carbon ...

This finding reinforced the importance of a balanced diet for the insects to optimally consume and degrade plastic. The insects could be eating the polystyrene because it’s mostly made up of carbon ...

This finding reinforced the importance of a balanced diet for the insects to optimally consume and degrade plastic. The insects could be eating the polystyrene because it's mostly made up of carbon ...