Just In Time For Earth Day — A Plastic-Eating Enzyme!
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The Earth Day Network may have an unexpected ally in its quest to solve the global plastic pollution crisis: bacteria. More specifically, an enzyme produced by the Ideonella sakaiensis microbes. Dubbed PETase, it can expertly break down PET (polyethylene terephthalate), one of the most common types of plastic, within days, instead of the over 450 years it takes the synthetic material to decompose naturally.
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- sappiredawn87달NO PLANET B LIKE TO STOP POLLUTION
- giaaaaaa7달plastic is bad
- giaaaaaa7달theres no plan it B :)
- adroit_avimimus3년 이상That is so cool! We should all do our part to save our planet because it's the only one we have until we colonize other planets like Mars! But still, if that enzyme got in our homes, it would be eating up a lot of things!
- dark_wolf_alpha4년 이하We need to work together so pollution stops🔥🔥🔥 If people stop polluting then this world can be perfect, well it won't be PERFECT but it could be close plus, the world would stink bad follow me if you want to save the earth :-D
- anonymous215년 이상STOP THE PLASTIC!!
- anonymous215년 이상SO COOL
- anonymous215년 이상SO COOL
- dolphincorn5년 이상Plastic is not good always recycle🌍
- butyful girl5년 이상ugh whatever you better stop makeing plastic