There is hope! Scientists have found a strain of worms able to digest polyethylene (along with their gut microbes) and turn it into glycol and fat. Please let this insight pan out…
https://www.wired.com/story/could-plastic-eating-moth-larvae-be-a-solution-to-environmental-pollution/
I have a constant battle with the single-use plastic I purchase that, yes, keeps my food safe, but that I dread throwing away, since the recycle icon is an industry-fake-out as single use plastics are almost never truly recyclable. Worms could be one part of the solution…
