Avatarfhrugitoykche Scientists Made a Super-Enzyme That Absolutely Ravages Plastic Bottles verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertThe bacteria cocktail eats plastic six times faster than any other bug. A newly discovered “super-enzyme” could finally mean effective recycling of plastic bottles and other materials, scientists say....
Avatarfhrugitoykche Plastic-eating enzyme 'cocktail' heralds new hope for plastic waste phys.org - University of Portsmouth The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme 'cocktail' which can digest plastic up to six times …
Avatarfhrugitoykche How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled verified_publisherNPR - Laura SullivanNote: An audio version of this story aired on NPR's Planet Money. Listen to the episode here. Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its watching...
Avatarfhrugitoykche Why plastic waste is an ideal building material verified_publisherBBC Future - Sibele CestariThe disposal of plastics is a highly visible global problem – from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, waste plastic seems inescapable. In natural conditions, plastics are nearly indestructible,...
AvatarfhrugitoykchePlastic Why the world has a plastic waste problem, and how to fix it verified_publisherCNBC Since the 1950s, humans have produced about 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic, the grand majority of which has ended up in a landfill. As the waste …
