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Plastic-busting fungi may help tackle pollution, climate change: UN Environment

Plastic-busting fungi may help tackle pollution, climate change: UN Environment

Nov 01, 2018, at 12:13 pm

New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): When it comes to helping green our world, organic mushrooms from the local market may be just the tip of the iceberg. A new United Nations-backed report reveals that fungi could help ween the world off its plastic addiction, by degrading polyurethane in just a matter of weeks.