Plastic is a persistent pollution that hurts ... rid of the plastics contaminating our oceans all the more urgent. The sponge created by the Wuhan researchers was able to absorb microplastics ...

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As a former restaurant chef, current recipe developer, and onetime dishwasher (I did all the dishes for the food truck I operated for seven years), I am constantly seeking the perfect sponge.

But as soon as it was cracked open, it was very, very cool." The fungus had eaten its way through the plastic sponge intended to seal it in, breaking it down and assimilating it like any other food.