Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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Enzymes could unlock biological recycling of difficult plastic waste

They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons are produced every year. As a large proportion is only insufficiently recycled, the environmental burden caused by plastic waste is increasing.

Enzymes could unlock biological recycling of difficult plastic waste
Image: Phys.org
They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons are produced every year. As a large proportion is only insufficiently recycled, the environmental burden caused by plastic waste is increasing.

Originally published at Phys.org

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