A cow actually ingesting plastic is a death sentence. Painful for the cow. So what if some of the microbes can breakdown plastic?
I am sure some microbes in humans and dogs can do the same.
This is a dumbass study.
“”A cow actually ingesting plastic is a death sentence. Painful for the cow. “”
That’s just not true at all. We’ve been raising cows on this ranch for around 125 years with me being a part of it for the last 70. One of the fist lessons I learned was not to leave anything plastic or rubber out where a cow could get it. Polyester rope seem to also be a favorite. The cows would strip a car or truck with any exposed rubber stripping. Hell they’ll try and eat old tires if given a chance. Only thing I’ve seen a cow eat that ended up in a vet call was plastic insulted wires and it wasn’t the plastic caused the problem, it was the copper puncturing the intestines. When we drill wells we dig out large area’s called mud pits and line them with polyethylene sheet, we have to put fences around them to keep the cows out. Not only do they step in and punch holes in the sheet they also eat the damn stuff.
Not really. What if they culture the microbes and dump tons of plastic waste into the tank to be instantly melted away. Just think, you’ll no longer have to play the recycling charade (I refuse to play along) and we won’t hear endless sob stories about some mythical plastic island in the Pacific. (99% of which comes from China)