We've made an awful lot of plastic, and it's a global ecological disaster. Now, bacteria that can eat it might be our best bet to get rid of it. At a steep price.

We're using so much plastic, it's literally in our blood right now. For our own sake, we need to find an alternative.

Environmental groups have been ringing the alarm about plastic waste filling oceans and landfills for decades, and the general public is finally paying attention. But do we have real solutions to this problem?