Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a popular plastic for making clear, semi-rigid containers such as water bottles and packaging inserts; it also accounts for 12% of solid waste globally.

Leipzig researchers have found an enzyme that rapidly breaks down PET, the most widely produced plastic in the world. It might just eat your old tote bags. https://p ...

The majority of the 300 million tons of plastic produced every year isn’t recycled, and recycling that does happen typically happens at an industrial scale in factories using equipment that can cost ...