How microbes can make plastic from sunshine, carbon, and a little bit of love

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By Suzanne JacobsAug 17, 2015, 8:08 pm56 ptsTrending
We build with it, eat from it, wear it, let our kids play on it, drive around in it, and decorate our houses with it. It fills our landfills, pollutes our oceans, occasionally leaches toxic chemicals into the environment, and makes your neighbor’s lawn look like toy purgatory. It’s plastic, and like it…

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