Those that ate the blend were able to break down ... pioneer new methods for addressing the world's mountains of plastic waste. Wax worms are the caterpillar form of several wax moth species.

Kenyan researchers hope to find a home-grown solution to the global plastic problem by scaling up the science.

The research builds on previous studies that found wax worms and mealworms were also able to eat plastic. “It’s really interesting now that we’re seeing multiple small insects that can eat and degrade ...

Federica Bertocchini at the Margarita Salas Center for Biological Research and her colleagues have isolated unique, plastic-eating enzymes from the saliva of wax worms. These biological agents ...