A compost bacterium produced CCPUR1, the strongest enzyme yet found for breaking down polyurethane and nylon plastic.

Our cells have their own internal "garbage collection" system that gathers up everything that is defective, worn out or ...

Researchers engineered an enzyme that can attack polyurethane shoe foam, one of the hardest plastics to recycle.

Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have taken a new approach in the search for enzymes capable of breaking down some of the most difficult types of plastic to ...

The 90 hours timelapse video shows enzymatic degradation of two different molecules that mimic nylon. The second and fourth vials show CC PUR1 breaking down the two molecules, while the first and ...

Urease is one of the most consequential enzymes in the microbial world. By hydrolyzing urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, ...

LISBON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Friday it had approved a €2.3 billion ($2.67 billion) investment plan through 2030 to tackle ‌a growing waste disposal crisis, as the country ...

Plastics remanufacturing is the industry everyone wishes they’d gotten into earlier, with McKinsey seeing as much as $75 billion in economic opportunity by 2035 for technologies capable of putting the ...

Indian landfills are far more than ugly garbage heaps; they are complex environmental systems affecting groundwater, air quality, methane emissions and ecosystem health. The article urges a shift in ...