This tells the story of plastic. Almost everywhere you look there is plastic. you are constantly handling plastic. Plastics do not biodegrade, although, under the influence of solar UV radiations, plastics do degrade and fragment into small particles, termed microplastics. Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane. What's more? We can eat the end product! There is a natural way to dispose of plastics, and it is at our fingertips, such as plastic is every day. Our generation can be the change, we just have to want it bad enough!