Plastic-eating enzyme ‘cocktail’ recycles plastic waste ‘endlessly’
Scientists have been inspired by Pacman to create a plastic-eating ‘cocktail’, which could help eradicate plastic waste. It’s made up of two enzymes – called PETase and MHETase – produced by a type of bacteria that feeds on plastic bottles, called Ideonella sakaiensis. Unlike natural degradation, which can take hundreds of years, the super-enzyme is able to … Read more