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prennert on Sept 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: New 6x faster enzime for recycling plastics

The title talks about recycling, but it sounds more like the enzyme is breaking down plastics. Does something useful come out of this?

akmittal on Sept 29, 2020 [–]

After breaking down plastic it can recycled to make same quality products. Typical heating recycling process can make only low grade plastic. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mu...

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