Waste-eating bacteria

A display illustrating the danger to animals in the sea as a result of the plastic waste that fills the sea, at the Natural History Museum of Berlin. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

How do the bacteria that eat plastic work? A chemist explains

The robotic arm of the underwater vehicle plucks the oysters from the seabed. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen.

Get to know the oysters that will help clean up oil spills

The spill in the Gulf of Mexico left behind enormous destruction and damages, some of which are irreversible. Photo: Green Fire Productions, Flickr

Oil-degrading bacteria

EcoVerde's system is able to remove bad odor as well as other pollutants through a biological process based on a strain of bacteria that feeds on hydrogen sulfide [Image courtesy of Investigación y Desarrollo]

Bacteria will neutralize the sewage smell

An employee of the National Laboratory in the Savannah River tests the activity of chlorine-eating bacteria

Bacteria that break down dangerous solvents