How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem | Plastics

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Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste | Waste | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/10/foaming-at-the-mouth-the-superworms-making-a-meal-of-polystyrene-waste 49 comments
Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/are-microbes-the-future-of-recycling-its-complicated/ 16 comments
The False Promise of Plastic Recycling - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/false-promise-plastic-recycling/626553/ 3 comments
Are Microbes the Future of Recycling? It’s Complicated. https://undark.org/2022/02/23/are-microbes-the-future-of-recycling-its-complicated/ 0 comments

Linked pages

Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/scientists-create-mutant-enzyme-that-recycles-plastic-bottles-in-hours 2219 comments
Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/14/bugs-across-globe-are-evolving-to-eat-plastic-study-finds 2152 comments
New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/28/new-super-enzyme-eats-plastic-bottles-six-times-faster 1200 comments
Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic 501 comments
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles 267 comments
Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it's gone | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/23/all-the-plastic-ever-made-study-comic 44 comments
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02155-21 17 comments
Evolutionary ‘trap’ leading young sea turtles to ingest plastic, study says | Marine life | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/02/evolutionary-trap-leading-young-sea-turtles-to-ingest-plastic-study-says 16 comments
Dumped fishing gear is killing marine life. Yet no governments seem to care | George Monbiot | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/19/dumped-fishing-gear-killing-marine-life-governments-care-scottish-trawlerman-nets 13 comments
'Great Pacific garbage patch' sprawling with far more debris than thought | Oceans | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/22/great-pacific-garbage-patch-sprawling-with-far-more-debris-than-thought 13 comments
US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/21/plastics-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-crisis 3 comments