塑料通常很难分解,塑料垃圾聚积已成为日益严峻的污染难题。不过,一项最新研究发现,一种毛虫可以吃掉塑料袋,这为治理塑料污染提供了方向。科学家们表示,蜡螟能生物降解最难分解和最常使用的塑料:聚乙烯,他们正在加紧研究蜡螟自然降解塑料背后的化学原理,从而解决塑料污染问题。
A caterpillar that munches on plastic bags could hold the key to tackling plastic pollution, scientists say.
科学家们称,一种吃塑料袋的毛虫或可成为解决塑料污染的关键。
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that the larvae of the moth, which eats wax in bee hives, can also degrade plastic.
剑桥大学的研究人员发现,这种飞蛾幼虫不仅吃蜂巢中的蜂蜡,还能降解塑料。
Experiments show the insect can break down the chemical bonds of plastic in a similar way to digesting beeswax.
实验表明,这种毛虫可以分解塑料的化学键,与其消化蜂蜡的方式类似。
Each year, about 80 million tonnes of the plastic polyethylene are produced around the world.
每年,全球约生产8000万吨塑料聚乙烯。
The plastic is used to make shopping bags and food packaging, among other things, but it can take hundreds of years to decompose completely.
塑料聚乙烯可用作购物袋、食品以及其他物品的包装,但这种塑料需要数百年才能被彻底降解。
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