plastivorous
adjEtymology From plasti(c) + -vorous.
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Consuming plastic.
- This is the first known life form of many known to be entirely plastivorous, able to safely decompose an entire plastic bottle in about the same amount of time a hot compost heap degrades plant matter, with obvious potential in the world of recycling.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 295: