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Plastic packaging waste on the beach. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Global study: Food and beverage packaging is a major source of plastic pollution on beaches

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A study by One Earth, based on more than 5,000 beach surveys, found that food packaging, corks, and plastic bottles lead marine pollution.
The enzymes of the start-up company break down the polyethylene terephthalate plastic into its monomers: terephthalic acid as well as ethylene glycol, which themselves can be used directly in existing plants to re-produce the polymer

Plastic recycling with the help of enzymes

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The French biotech start-up company called 'Carbios' succeeded in developing an enzymatic process to recycle the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (Polyethylene terephthalate) back to its component monomers, from which the finished polymer can be produced again
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