Tailor-made enzymes poised to propel plastic recycling into a new era

Eggo U. Thoden van Velzen () and Giusy Santomasi ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 604, issue 7907, 631-633

Abstract: Waste streams of the plastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) that can be recycled into material suitable for food packaging are limited, creating a shortfall of feedstocks. An enzyme has been discovered that widens the feedstock options.

Keywords: Green chemistry; Materials science; Biotechnology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01075-6

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