Just In Time For Earth Day — A Plastic-Eating Enzyme!

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Ideonella sakaiensis – Plastic eating bacteria (Photo Credit: greenyway.com)

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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  • Gretta II6년 이상
    these people need to stop. they are polluting our future, there are ruining the world for us. we need to fight back and tell them on. throw your plastic, paper, and glass in the trash. help save the world.
    • abbygailalvarez6년 이상
      stop macking plastic!!!!!!
      • JJ6년 이상
        STOP POLLUTING BOIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • little g 6년 이상
          No MORE POLLUTING
          • DudePerfect6년 이상
            What a perfect thing for eating plastic.
            • Deep blue6년 이상
              Just a while ago in total ONE MILLION animals went extinct. This has gone too far. :(
              • chlooe
                chlooe6년 이상
                That is a lot of plastic... Everybody should always remember to recycle. If you're trying to craft something so you could reuse but it doesn't work out as planned, you could always recycle too! There are many options to choose from if one way doesn't work (Depending on which problem you have).
              • tigerbolt
                tigerbolt6년 이상
                i really like animals and i want more animals on earth but this plastic..... i don't like it.
                • nerdboy
                  nerdboy7년 이하
                  i never really trusted plastics
                  • theking jiuhihg7년 이하
                    i dont want to kill animals