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Nature Has Learnt How To Eat Plastic

June 9, 2020 By Christine Langmayr Leave a Comment

Nature Has Learnt How To Eat Plastic

Nature always finds a way..so they say! But it looks like it may actually be true in the case of our global plastic waste dilemma. Genetic mutations have been discovered in specific natural bacteria that enable them to break the polymer chains of certain plastics. Where have we found these bacteria? Well…in plastic recycling dumps of course. So, gloves and masks on everyone. We’re going in!

 

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Reference Links-
Original paper from Japanese researchers
science.sciencemag.org/conten…

University of Portsmouth, Centre for Enzyme Innovation
www.port.ac.uk/research/resea…

Technical University of Denmark
www.dtu.dk/english/news/2019/…

What is PET?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnbfv…

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