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Scientists engineered plastic-eating ‘super-enzymes’ that can break down bottles in days – Business Insider Australia
More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually worldwide. Most take hundreds of years to break down, and even then, they just splinter into tiny mi…
- More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually worldwide, and most plastics take centuries to break down.
- A new study describes a “super-enzyme” engineered using proteins derived from plastic-eating bacteria. It can recycle a common type of plastic in days.
- Such enzymes could help address the growing problem of plastic pollution.
- Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
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