Earthworms cannot eat plastic because it does not have any nutrients. It has no food value for the worms to eat. The worms are only damaged by the plastic that they crawl in. Worms have tiny mouthparts. They can neither chew nor swallow plastic. Earthworms are negatively affected by plastic. The material can sometimes prevent the worms from coming out of the soil and cause the death of the worms due to suffocation or dehydration. Moreover, plastic is not a nutritional source for worms and it also poses a risk of the worms contracting the disease from coming into contact with it.