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Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste

May 15, 2022 by Leo

An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.

Source: Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste

I hope it pans out.

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  1. Michael McMaster says

    May 15, 2022 at 9:15 am

    Yup. Just hope that the book “Mutant 59: The Plastic-Eaters” is truly science fiction and doesn’t turn out to be a prediction instead. ;>

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