Keeping up with the plastics

Upon further research there was no inventing. She found strains of bacteria in the Houston area that all possess a certain fat enzyme that makes plastic edible to the bacteria. The bacteria were then only fed certain plastic types to ensure that they could survive solely on plastic. They are very slow but it is a possible avenue towards sustainability.

That's the thing with all these articles about "inventing" miracles. They're usually research that says "we found this thing that may do something awesome under the right conditions, but we'll need more info."