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Company launches transformative fungi-powered technology that can eat through plastic: 'We had to look to nature for a solution'

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A startup has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for its fungi-related endeavors, including plastic breakdown kits and MycoDigestible diapers.

Oceana USA estimates that two garbage trucks' worth of plastic are dumped in our oceans every minute .

"Our dependence on plastic is unsustainable," said Miki Agrawal , the entrepreneur who launched Thinx and Tushy .

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