Recycled Plastic Bags in Ghana Still Carry a Heavy Carbon Footprint, Study Finds
A life cycle assessment of recycled polyethylene carrier bags in Ghana shows that a fossil-intensive electricity grid drives most environmental ...
Tag: plastic recycling
Soil Bacterium Yields a Surprisingly Powerful Enzyme for Breaking Down PET Plastic Intermediates
A carboxylesterase from Bacillus halotolerans outperforms known enzymes at converting the PET breakdown products BHET and MHET into terephthalic acid, ...
Marine bacterium reveals its full molecular playbook for devouring bioplastic
Researchers at Savitribai Phule Pune University have mapped the complete gene-level mechanism by which the marine bacterium Nocardiopsis dassonvillei NCIM ...
Ocean Bacteria That Eat Oil May Also Help Recycle the World’s Plastics
A new review shows that the marine oil-degrading bacterium Alcanivorax also colonises plastic debris and produces powerful esterases capable of ...
Engineered Microbes Could Turn Plastic Waste Into a Circular Resource
A new review details how engineered enzymes and microbial cell factories are being deployed to degrade fossil plastics and synthesize ...
Dual-Metal Zeolite Catalyst Turns Plastic Waste into Light Olefins with Record Yields
Researchers report that a zinc and zirconium co-modified ZSM-5 zeolite converts waste low-density polyethylene into light olefins with a 62.54 ...
New Catalyst Transforms Recycling of Mixed Plastics
A groundbreaking catalyst developed in Japan promises to revolutionize plastic recycling by selectively degrading polyurethane (PU) in mixed plastic waste ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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