Students at East Paulding High in Dallas, Georgia (not far from Atlanta) are finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Prize. They’re studying how mushroom spores can break down plastic, reducing landfill waste. The national prize is worth $100,000.
Twelfth grader, Justine Tomendonou admits to not loving the material.
“I don’t really like mushrooms. For real,” Tomedonou said.
In this case, it’s mushroom spores in the STEM lab at East Paulding High School.
They’re working on an important project with a very catchy title.
“Fungi: A Solution to Pollution,” agriculture teacher Nathan Chapman said.
Chapman and his three-student team spent three months learning how mushrooms can eat plastic and shrink landfills.
“We’re using spores that are put on the plastic to see if they could break down the plastic,” 10th-grader Anshula Pawar said.
You can watch the video at this link.
Darcy Hitchcock 
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