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New 6x faster enzime for recycling plastics
- dilawar 6y agoThis is a fantastic piece of news.
- JPLeRouzic 6y agoCould it be possible to correct the spelling of "enzyme"? Thanks
- prennert 6y agoThe title talks about recycling, but it sounds more like the enzyme is breaking down plastics. Does something useful come out of this?
- akmittal 6y agoAfter breaking down plastic it can recycled to make same quality products. Typical heating recycling process can make only low grade plastic. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mutant-enzyme-could-vastly-improve-recycling-plastic-bottles https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mu...
- EricE 6y agoThis is why the majority of forecasts of gloom and future doom don’t pan out - people tend to discount innovation and discovery.