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Plastic Degrading Fungi: Research at Kew Gardens
Racing Green
English - March 06, 2023 12:18 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBTechnology Science greentech sustainability green environment technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, we speak to Irina Druzhinina, Senior Research Leader of Fungal Diversity & Systematics at Kew Gardens, who talks to us about a fungus that has the rare ability to break down polymer chains in plastic. This research brings hope to scientists that there is a biological solution to the terrifying levels of plastic waste we are experiencing on our planet.