Ironically, in the dirt in front of a plastics factory, the researcher Uwe Bornscheuer made his groundbreaking discovery. The professor from the University of Greifswald and his team disco… Read More

A bacteria that eats plastic may sound too good to be true since we have so much plastic waste littering the planet. The rouble with plastic eating bacterias is that they aren’t effic… Read More

The best kind of surprise party.Kindness is the best kind of gift.Charlotte Joy’s eighth birthday was fast approaching. Birthdays are often a source of unbridled joy for kids this age… Read More

Feel good story about scientific research that left me with some questions as a layperson reading this. The fact that Vice picked it up was an interesting data point. So we talk about how th… Read More

Scientists who pioneered the use of enzymes to consume plastic have taken a significant step forward in the development of natural solutions to the worldwide plastics dilemma. They discov… Read More

Researchers Combined Two Enzymes, MHETase and PETase, To Create A Super Enzyme, Which Degrades Plastic 6X Faster Than The Previous Engineered Enzyme, PETase. This Innovation Has Implications… Read More

We live in a plastic era. Ubiquitously, the substance is found in our household and communities across the globe. Not only we have filled up our land but also oceans with plastic. Worldwide… Read More

A super-enzyme that degrades plastic bottles six times faster than before has been created by scientists and could be used for recycling within a year or two. The super-enzyme, derived fr… Read More

O material plástico de garrafas do tipo PET, um dos mais poluentes do mundo, pode durar centenas de anos para se decompor no meio ambiente. Um experimento britânico pode re… Read More

Plastikmüll am Strand Plastikmüll ist ein zunehmend in die Wahrnehmung gelangendes Problem: Der schwer oftmals nur über hunderte von Jahren abbaubare Kunststoffmüll, insb… Read More