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Neuer Enzym-Cocktail zerlegt Kunststoffabfälle sechsmal schneller – Innovation Origins
British and American researchers have combined two enzymes in such a way that it can break down plastic six times faster than PETase.
We are surrounded by plastic in our daily life. From water bottles to our clothes. Around 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced worldwide every year. A large proportion of which later ends up in the natural environment, for example in our oceans. According to Environmental Action Germany around 10 million tons per year. It takes decades to centuries before this waste decomposes naturally. A plastic bag, for example, rots after about ten to twenty years. Whereas a PET bottle is thought …
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