With the ban on plastic bags in supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths starting this week this is a timely article about a solitary bee who’s nesting materials could be reverse-engineered to create a biodegradable alternative to plastic.

This humble Australian bee is helping to disrupt the plastics industry

An article by Esther Han on 10/6/18.

While the title refers to an Australia bee the research is being conducted by New Zealand woman Veronica Harwood-Stevenson.