△上：蜡虫吞食PE薄膜。下：面包虫吞食聚苯乙烯泡沫板。图片来源：参考文献[7][9]
虽然，无论是可降解塑料，还是寻找特殊生物进行降解，在技术层面都还不够成熟，仍有各种各样的问题，尤其是高昂的成本让市场和大多数人望而却步。不过，这些新方法、新发现还是给人们解决白色污染这一史诗级难题带来了一缕缕曙光，或许，在不久的将来，白色污染就可以得到明显的缓解。当然了，至少在现在，大家首先要做的还是不要乱扔垃圾，毕竟，开源节流才是解决问题的根本方法！
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