Mar 23, 2022 · Plastic-eating bacteria could help to one day tackle some of the 14 million tons of plastic that is offloaded into our oceans every year. Plastic pollution leads to severe impact on marine...

Apr 18, 2018 · But scientists recently discovered a strain of bacteria that can literally eat the plastic used to make bottles, and have now improved it to make it work faster. The effects are modest – it’s...

Sep 23, 2024 · To find the best plastic-eating enzyme for its biorecycling plant, the biotech screened five fungal and bacterial enzymes (including from I. sakaiensis 201-F6) to see which was fastest at...

Nov 1, 2023 · Scientists Have Found Plastic-Eating Bacteria (2019) This video (9:36 min.), from Bright Side, explores the problems we face with plastic and the advances that have been made in engineering bacteria to eat it.

Mar 10, 2021 · In March 2016, scientists in Japan published an extraordinary finding. After scooping up some sludge from outside a bottle recycling facility in Osaka, they discovered bacteria which had...

Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source.

Apr 30, 2024 · Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and...

Nov 1, 2023 · Now, researchers in ACS Central Science report that they’ve developed a plastic-eating E. coli that can efficiently turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into adipic acid, which is used to make nylon materials, drugs and fragrances.

May 15, 2020 · For the purposes of this page, plastic-eating bacteria are defined as bacteria that can break down and digest plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE) or polyurethane (PU).

Jan 23, 2023 · Floating microplastic is broken down into ever smaller, invisible nanoplastic particles that spread across the entire water column, but also to compounds that can then be completely broken down...