How Tiny Ocean Microorganisms Could Kill Your Plastic Fork

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View in Browser    This is no ordinary fork. This one is made from a plastic-like substance harvested from carbon-eating microorganisms from the ocean. Seriously. NEWLIGHT How Tiny Ocean Microorganisms Could Kill Your Plastic Fork Plastics are slowly choking the planet. The solution might be hidden in one of the world's smallest organisms. By: Tom Bentley Mark Herrema didn't always hate plastic forks. It took years for him to develop this disdain. But mounting evidence eventually convinced him that plastic—in all its various shapes and forms—was one of the world's greatest environmental threats. Herrema wanted to rid the world of plastic, one planet-choking fork at a time.   The catalyst for his anti-plastic offensive came from an unlikely source—a cow named Lucy. After reading an article citing the specific volume of methane emitted per cow per year (around 600 air-contaminating liters), Herrema had an idea. This is a free preview of Pop Mech Pro. Join now for less than $1 a week to read the rest of the story and more of Popular Mechanics' most in-depth, exclusive features.  JOIN NOW MORE FROM POP MECH PRO SCIENCE READ NOW A Dyson Sphere Could Bring Humans Back From the Dead MATH READ NOW If We Draw Graphs Like This, We Can Change Computers Forever HOME READ NOW How to Build Stairs in 3 Steps Follow Us Unsubscribe Privacy Notice PopularMechanics.com ©2021 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019