Carbios has created a mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours. This was originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles toContinue Reading
The findings, by the University of Stirling, have confirmed environmentalists’ fears that ubiquitous, persistent and tiny plastic beads, or “nurdles”, found on beaches and in rivers and seas around theContinue Reading
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles it is called PETase – by accident. PETase was first detected in the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis, which usedContinue Reading
