On: Mealworms can eat and biodegrade styrofoam

[wfunction]

Is it really a good idea to convert plastic to CO2?

[hippich → wfunction]

"The worms converted about half of the Styrofoam into carbon dioxide, as they would with any food source."

[hanoz → hippich]

So as long as we only hunt down already existing worms and substitute their other food source with plastic, there should be no impact.

[wfunction → hippich]

I would imagine we're going to grow more worms, not hunt down the existing ones.

[codecamper → wfunction]

yes. there may seem to be a lot of plastic in the world, but the volume of co2 produced each day dwarfs the total accumulated plastic.

[wfunction → codecamper]

Did you do the numbers? Would be nice if you could share them.

[brc → wfunction]

Yes, c02 is the basic building block of life, able to be converted into all manner of living things. Much better to turn old plastics back back into c02 as a raw life material than to leave it trapped in the ground.