Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles – theguardian.com

“What we are hoping to do is use this enzyme to turn this plastic back into its original components, so we can literally recycle it back to plastic,” said McGeehan. “It means we won’t need to dig up any more oil and, fundamentally, it should reduce the amount of plastic in the environment.”

Man wird ja wohl noch träumen dürfen….

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[1] Great Pacific garbage patch – wikipedia