Teen figures out how to decompose plastic bags in 3 months

It's not often I write about local advances, but this had me stunned.

Go Canada!

Ontario high school junior Daniel Burd wanted to try to figure out if there was a way to get plastic bags to decompose faster. As it stands, it takes thousands of years for the wasteful objects to disintegrate. But by using bacteria, he figured out how to make it happen in a mere three months

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