Bugs are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
> The first bug that eats plastic was discovered in a Japanese waste dump in 2016.In 2009, a Taiwanese high-school student (Tseng I-ching) discovered a bacterium that decomposes polystyrene [0].  I think she deserves credit for starting this field of research.[0] https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=15307