I'm tempted to add to the headline, "and not in a good way"... this scenario has already been covered by dystopian sci-fi.<p>We as a society are just getting over the effects of a global pandemic. Imagine if the same happened with plastic-eating bacteria. Look around at everything within reach that's made of plastic and consider the effects that would have.<p>The problem isn't plastic. It's the irrational ideological emotion-driven virtue-signaling and "climate crisis" BS that'll drive us closer to catastrophic events.