I encourage you to click through the link to the TheRecord.com article to read the whole story, but here is the readers digest version.
Daniel, a 16 year old high school student has found and isolated the necessary bacteria to degrade plastic, specifically the plastic in plastic bags.
He thinks he may have shortened the plastic decomposition time from 1000 years in nature down to three months.
That’s a pretty amazing feat. Daniel takes home a $10,000 prize, a $20,000 scholarship, and the thanks of the entire planet.
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