Galleria protects the environment by eating plastic called malonella

Plastics are extremely dangerous to the environment as they do not rot in the soil for hundreds of years. Therefore, the safe disposal of plastic has become a problem. In such extreme circumstances, scientists have discovered an algae that can be used as a plastic food. This caterpillar finds food near the hive of bees but it also has the power to digest plastic with honey.

Strangely, this caterpillar preserves the chemical composition of the plastic just like honey. This eel is found all over the jungle area of ​​Europe. The scientists found this when Spanish scientists were researching parasite paste in bees. When the eels were placed in a polythene bag, they showed signs of breaking the plastic. Since then the Institute of Bio Medicine and Bio Technology, based in Cantabria, Spain, have carried out further experiments on the specialty of eels.

According to the information received, there were about 5 flyers in a plastic bag used for shopping in the UK supermarket. During this experiment, the yellows shouted in the bag in only 5 minutes. Not only that, this gal, named Galleria malonella, reduced the plastic to 3 milligrams in 3 hours. When the plastic is decomposed into the soil, only 0.5 milligrams. Every year, 10 million tons of plastic bags are produced in the world. The question of safe disposal after using this bag is very complicated. Scientists have been interested in this plastic worm since the caterpillar plastic degradation is the fastest.