As you've no doubt noticed, there's a worryingly large amount of plastic pollution, and scientists are working hard to find ways to use plastic without causing so much long-term damage to the environment around us.
, and scientists are working hard to find ways to use plastic without causing so much long-term damage to the environment around us.A new study outlines the use of a specially created enzyme variant that vastly reduces the time it takes to break down the components of plastics.
In tests, products made from the polymer polyethylene terephthalate were broken down in a week and, in some cases, 24 hours – these are products that can take centuries to degrade properly in natural conditions.says chemical engineer Hal Alper"Beyond the obvious waste management industry, this also provides corporations from every sector the opportunity to take a lead in recycling their products.
Once the enzyme variant did its job of cutting the plastic down into its basic molecular units , the researchers then demonstrated they could put the plastic back together again using chemical processes to create new plastic products.
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