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
https://science.sciencemag.org/conten…
University of Portsmouth, Centre for Enzyme Innovation
https://www.port.ac.uk/research/resea…
Technical University of Denmark
https://www.dtu.dk/english/news/2019/…
What is PET?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnbfv…
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