Worms that can eat plastic could save us from destroying the planet
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Mealworms can turn styrofoam into worm poo!
And it was Stanford that studied them doing this:
http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2015/pr-worms-digest-plastics-092915.html
Reddit AskScience debates the implications of mealworms eating styrofoam:
https://reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3s8b48/since_mealworms_eat_styrofoam_can_they/
https://reddit.com/r/science/comments/3mwxyu/plasticeating_worms_may_offer_solution_to/
6:47 PM Jan 29 2016