Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful ingredients for other products
Piles of used plastic bottles are thrown away every dayBut microorganisms may be able to solve the problem. Now, researchers at ACS Central Science report that they have developed a plastic-eating E. …
Japanese researchers discover specific marine bacteria that can degrade PBS
Since the early 1990s, PBS has been increasingly used in industrial plastics such as mulch films, compostable bags and foodservice packaging. This polymer ends up in the ocean with a lot of discarded …