It’s pretty much common knowledge that plastic bags take 1000 years to decompose, if they do at all, but that fact just wasn’t good enough for 16 year-old Daniel Burd. He’s found a way to make plastic bags decompose in about three months by his estimation.

Using a combination of microbes, a consistent temperature and six weeks, Daniel acheived 43% degredation. That’s a pretty big deal when you consider how much plastic we use as Americans.

My question is, what are the biproducts of this process and what sorts of chemicals are released? Hopefully this can lead to some serious research and a real-life green solution.

» TheRecord.com