The Race To Develop Plastic-Eating Bacteria

A series of  breakthroughs mean that it could one day be possible to build industrial-scale facilities where enzymes chomp on piles of landfill-bound plastic

In March 2016, scientists in Japan published an extraordinary finding. After scooping up some sludge from outside a bottle recycling…

Full text: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcarpenter/2021/03/10/the-race-to-develop-plastic-eating-bacteria/?sh=5f360d2b7406

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Scott Carpenter

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FORBES Magazine, 2021-03-10.

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FORBES Magazine

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