Extract from Jan's piece: " Scientists recently discovered a fungi that has the remarkable ability to break down plastic. This fungi is called Pestalotiopsis. It was first discovered in the rainforests of Ecuador in 2011. 

Now recently, Japanese scientists have discovered a plastic-eating microbe called Ideonella sakaiensis, named after the city Sakai where it was found.

These fungi and microbes could help us with our big plastic pollution problem!"