Tailor-made enzymes for plastic recycling

E.U. Thoden van Velzen; G. Santomasi

doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01075-6

Tailor-made enzymes for plastic recycling

E.U. Thoden van Velzen^*
, G. Santomasi^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sustainable Chem & Techn

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Abstract

Waste streams of the plastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) that can be recycled into material suitable for food packaging are limited, creating a shortfall of feedstocks. An enzyme has been discovered that widens the feedstock options.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	631-633
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	604
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01075-6
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2022

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Biotechnology
Green chemistry
Materials science

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