Further research by Chinese researchers confirmed that insects can decompose plastic materials polyethylene and polystyrene, which is expected to solve the global problem of plastic pollution.
Xinhua News Agency reported that Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics professor Yang Jun led a research team found that from the United States Tenebrio can decompose seven kinds of polystyrene waste, which is the fastest decomposition of low-density foam.If the wheat And polystyrene feeding second-generation larvae, can further improve the decomposition rate of polystyrene.
In fact, as early as 2014 Yang Jun found that waxworms eat polyethylene plastic, and its intestinal micro-organisms can break down polyethylene, the study further consolidate the previous conclusions.
British scientists also published a report last year, referring to a moth larvae commonly used as a bait, but also to polyethylene as food.