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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  • beat my feet7년 이하
    im tierd of us killing innocent animals
    • ninja's hyper7년 이하
      poor animals we need to stop throwing stuff in the trash or stop using plastic because its really effecting theses animals
      • aurorga7년 이하
        i also want to say that turtles are great we need to stop killing them because without turtles we wouldn't have turtles
        • Blackglitter7년 이하
          Recycling is a good thing so we can make new things. Did anyone know if you recycle one bottle, that can save up to a hour of TV for us!
          • chlooe
            chlooe7년 이하
            So many things that’re Able to recycle!
            • chey7년 이하
              turkeys are weird..... there's a turkey mayor
              • Buzzy bee7년 이하
                That would be great for dealing with all the trash we have instead of shooting it up into space in a rocket ship and creating more space junk which is bad for the ISS and other satellites .
                • Purplekat666666약 7년
                  This is very interesting!! (P.S Man these rules are strict.)
                  • moning약 7년
                    so cool and that is good for our planet
                    • NinjaGamingCat약 7년
                      I really hope this works. If it does, then the earth is saved. From one problem.

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