{"id":131591,"date":"2023-09-08T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=131591"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:20:18","slug":"samsaras-plastic-eating-enzymes-get-a-new-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/samsaras-plastic-eating-enzymes-get-a-new-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsara\u2019s plastic eating enzymes get a new laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco<\/a> is to establish a new research laboratory to develop enzymes that can break down plastic waste ready for recycling into new materials.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The company, which has been based since 2021 at the Australian National University (ANU), will develop its \u2018infinite recycling\u2019 Research & Development (R&D) facility at Queanbeyan in Regional NSW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new R&D facility in the Poplars Innovation Precinct will scale Samsara Eco\u2019s patented enzymatic capabilities as the company aims to be recycling 1.5 million tonnes of plastic per annum by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO and Founder of Samsara Eco Paul Riley said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had fantastic growth out of our ANU lab so far, but the plastic problem is growing fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we gear up towards commercialisation, access to our first R&D facility will enable us to accelerate the capabilities of infinite recycling and scale our solution which breaks down plastics in minutes, not centuries,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samsara Eco will continue to partner with the ANU as it commercialises its existing enzymatic library and develops new enzymes capable of breaking down different plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s infinite recycling technology returns plastic to its core molecules, which can then be used to recreate brand-new plastic, again and again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Samsara Eco\u2019s enzymatic library can break down challenging plastics including coloured, multi-layered, mixed plastics and textiles like polyester and nylon 6,6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley said: \u201cYou can\u2019t solve the climate crisis unless you solve the plastics crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlastic is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century and provides enormous utility because of its durability, flexibility and strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYet, it\u2019s also an environmental disaster with almost every piece of the nine billion tonnes ever made still on the planet.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s technology has generated worldwide attention, with Japan\u2019s Kanematsu Corporation investing in the business<\/a>, and Samsara making a multi-year development agreement with sportswear maker lululemon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samsara Eco is working with Poplars, the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and the local community to develop the new infinite recycling R&D facility, which is expected to be operational by late 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco is to establish a new research laboratory to develop enzymes that can break down plastic waste ready for recycling into new materials. The company, which has been based since 2021 at the Australian National University (ANU), will develop its \u2018infinite recycling\u2019 Research & Development (R&D) facility at Queanbeyan in Regional NSW.  The new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Currently, Samsara Eco\u2019s enzymatic library can break down challenging plastics including coloured, multi-layered, mixed plastics and textiles like polyester and nylon 6,6","footnotes":""},"categories":[17143],"tags":[10416,5840,11966,10453],"supplier":[17197,22692,22680],"class_list":["post-131591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recycling","tag-circulareconomy","tag-enzymes","tag-plastics","tag-recycling","supplier-australian-national-university-anu","supplier-kanematsu-corporation","supplier-samsara-eco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131591"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=131591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}