@ Ari, the only real way to break down plastic is through photodegradation. This kind of decomposition requires sunlight, not bacteria. When UV rays strike plastic, they break the bonds holding the long molecular chain together. Over time, this can turn a big piece of plastic into lots of little pieces.

Which is basically the key aspect of microplastic pollution problem too :-(

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/connectonline/research/2018/the-big-problem-of-microplastics.aspx

Hello! I've recently read an article on this topic and it covers not only the PET subject, but also offers examples of bacteria that can decompose other types of plastic, such as polyurethanes, polyamide or polystyrene. The link to the article is below:

https://aem.asm.org/content/85/19/e01095-19

There is also a way to turn plastics into fuel, through a process called catalytic alkane metathesis (CAM). In case you are interested in this topic, I'm also linking below two articles that seemed interesting to me:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/312/5771/257?ijkey=b336f9c95f956fd49c556310c7fe4f5253ab56b6&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

Article Efficient and selective degradation of polyethylenes into li...

Have a nice day! :)

Dear Armioni,

many thanks fro pointing these out. And actually I just find another option, worms that eat Styrofoam :-)

How Styrofoam-eating Super Worms are Helping Us Go Zero Waste:

https://www.chasingasun.com/blog/how-styrofoam-eating-super-worms-are-helping-us-so-zero-waste

B.R.,

Ari