{"id":13787,"date":"2022-06-21T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/polystyrene-loving-beetle-larvae-could-be-the-key-to-recycling-it\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:18","slug":"polystyrene-loving-beetle-larvae-could-be-the-key-to-recycling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/polystyrene-loving-beetle-larvae-could-be-the-key-to-recycling-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Polystyrene-loving beetle larvae could be the key to recycling it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-BkbN5RH1cq tatsu-section  tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0px 0px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-has-one-half tatsu-row-has-two-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-S1xV50H1cc\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-bg-overlay tatsu-one-half tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-Bkdc0SJ99\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-single-image tatsu-module tatsu-image-lazyload tatsu-HkocAr1c9  \" ><div class=\"tatsu-single-image-inner \" style=\"width : 1000px;\" ><div class = \"tatsu-single-image-padding-wrap\" style = \"padding-bottom : 66.7%;\" ><\/div><img class = \"tatsu-gradient-border\" alt = \"Polystyrene-Recyclage-Vers\" title = \"Polystyrene-Recyclage-Vers\" data-src = \"https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Polystyrene-Recyclage-Vers.jpg\" src =\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  \/><\/div><style>.tatsu-HkocAr1c9 .tatsu-single-image-inner{border-style: solid;max-width: 100%;}.tatsu-HkocAr1c9.tatsu-single-image{transform: translate3d(0px,0px, 0);}<\/style><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-HkF8lI1q9   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.fr\/environnement\/des-super-vers-amateurs-de-polystyrene-possible-cle-du-recyclage-du-plastique-210316\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"GEO (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GEO (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-HkF8lI1q9 .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(230,255,0,1);color: rgba(127,128,133,1) ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(127,128,133,1); 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font-family: Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">to provide superworms with food waste or agricultural bioproducts to consume with polystyrene, which could &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">be a way of improving worm health and coping with the large amount of food waste in Western countries<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">&#8220;. <\/span> But if it is possible to breed more worms for this purpose, the scientist envisages another route, biomimicry, which would involve mimicking the worms&#8217; digestion process: &#8220;Ultimately, we want to remove superworms from the equation&#8221;, explained the researcher, who now plans more research aimed at finding the most efficient enzymes &#8211; 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The vast majority of this waste ends up in landfills or in the oceans, where it threatens marine life. Researchers have discovered that &#8220;superworms&#8221; could be the inspiration for recycling plants that mimic what larvae do &#8211; first shredding plastic, then disposing of it.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/polystyrene-loving-beetle-larvae-could-be-the-key-to-recycling-it\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13787"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13938,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions\/13938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}