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Plastic Degrading Fungi: Research at Kew Gardens
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In this episode, we speak to Irina Druzhinina, Senior Research Leader of Fungal Diversity & Systematics at Kew Gardens, who talks to us about a fungus that has the rare ability to break down polymer chains in plastic. This research brings hope to scientists that there is a biological solution to the terrifying levels of plastic waste we are experiencing on our planet.
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