Scientists Have Accidentally Created a Mutant Enzyme That Eats Plastic Waste

April 17, 2018

In studying a microbe that evolved to eat plastic waste, scientists in Japan have accidentally created a mutant enzyme that consumes the plastic even better than the microbe, Science Alert reports. Scientists are now examining ways to speed up the consumption process. A solution to the ever-growing plastics waste problem would be a welcome respite for both Earth and its inhabitants, as everything living is currently drowning — literally — under it. From humans to animals to sea...

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