Eliminating Plastics One Meal at a Time

If worms can recycle, so can we.
As a society we’ve deposited over 9 million tons of plastic in the last 50 years and only 9% of that plastic has been recycled. On this episode of Preview of Tomorrow, Marc Lacroix, Cofounder of Worm Generation, explains how his company is combating this issue in a rather unique way. Worm Generation has created a farm project that utilizes mealworms to transform plastic into productive and organic matter. Thanks to the bacteria in their gut, mealworms are able to safely and effectively biodegrade plastics completely. Their plastic-free waste can then be used as a natural fertilizer.