For some reason, the biodegradable plastic substitute made from corn didn't catch on, I certainly hope this new stuff will be able to replace petrochemical plastics though.

made a tremendous impact in reducing food-borne diseases. Plenty advocated for terming it "cold sterilization" or "cold pasteurization" --which had a conceivable chance to build a truthful but noninflammatory education campaign around it for the public. But, no... So, instead, Listeria and Salmonella-contaminated produce and potentially fatal E. coli 0157:H7 contaminated meat continue to appear as little time bombs in our food network.

Deliberately engineering a bacterium to survive high temperatures, then mixing it into an environment (garbage dumps) teeming with all manner of microorganisms who quite readily exchange their genetic materials....I mean, I certainly don't see an issue here....

No doubt, though, there are multiple fail-safes built into the system that will preclude any "unforeseen consequences" right?

It's a spore forming bacteria, which means its inert state can withstand the temperatures needed to mold plastic. It won't survive temperatures much higher than that.

It is not a pathogen. It has been engineered to chow down on plastic.

When it finishes withe the plastic its spores were in, it will likely look for non biodegradable plastics.

What could go wrong? Landfills heavy with plastic waste could become the next fossil fuel deposits for whatever we turn into after the next Ice Age. Men will hoard and fight wars over it. That's what could go wrong.