A biology student from Gilbert Plains is working on a project that could help save the planet from plastic pollution.
23-year-old Harald Grove is a 2nd year Master’s student at Brandon University and is working with a research team that’s exploring an insect’s ability to metabolize plastic.
The research, using waxworms (caterpillar larvae of the greater wax moth), has attracted the attention of media all over the world.
He explains the worms are not necessarily going to eat up all of our plastic pollutants, but that they may hold the key to better methods of eliminating plastics from our environment.
Harald grew up on a farm near Gilbert Plains where his family still farms, and went to Gilbert Plains Collegiate.
He wanted to give a special shout-out to one of his former teachers at the Collegiate.
“I’d like to give a mention to Lydon Lagoski who was my math and sciences teacher at the Collegiate. He really loved discussing science, and that really got me asking questions and wondering how I could answer those questions.”
