Microbial Genomics as a journal can be a tad indigestible but they have got their teeth into a good story with a report on research into the eating habits of the Larvae of Zophobas morio, a species of beetle known as superworms. They have enzymes in their guts, the team from University of Queensland found, capable of digesting polystyrene.

The larvae were introduced to pieces of polystyrene commonly used in building insulation which they mechanically stripped and their gut enzymes did the rest. Although they put on less weight than those fed on a more traditional diet of bran and their faeces turned from brown to a white colour within forty-eight hours, they were able to complete their life cycle.

This discovery has prompted the thought that the superworms could be an innovative solution to disposing of the growing mountain of polystyrene waste.  

It is worth a try, methinks.