Plastic Bags

As you may know, a lot of places are going back to paper grocery bags because the plastic ones don't break down in the landfills for hundreds of years. Daniel Burd has come to the rescue. He's a 17 year old who took part in a Canadian science contest. He found that by grinding the bags up and them with yeast, water, and some dirt that it promotes the growth of the microorganisms that eat the plastic. Not bad, eh?



It reminds me of the story on 60 Minutes recently where a retired radio operator came up with a machine that fries cancer cells and leaves all other tissue alone. According to the program the guy, who had been through chemo and thought there must be a better way, had one of those eureka moments and started building a prototype in his garage! It's now in the animal testing stage and apparently is working well.



Gives you the inspiration to try tackling something that's bothering you, doesn't it?