experimenting with mealworms as a way to break down polystyrene<\/a>. Larisa Ilijin, a principal research fellow at Belgrade’s Institute for Biology, said the scientists had discovered that mealworms can digest various plastics, including polystyrene, which is used in packaging, insulation and food containers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When breaking down 1 kg of Styrofoam, larvae emit one to two grams of carbon dioxide … If we incinerate it … (Styrofoam) emits over 4,000 times more,”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Styrofoam takes over 500 years to decompose in nature \u2026 this would be one of the good ways for solving the problem of plastic waste in nature,” Ilijin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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