Researchers at UT Austin have created an enzyme that breaks down plastic waste, a creation that has the potential to make big impacts on the environment.
have created an enzyme that breaks down environmentally harmful plastics in a matter of hours to days, the university announced Wednesday, April 27. These plastics normally take centuries to degrade.United Nations Environment ProgrammeLitter strewn all over Southend's beaches after thousands descended on Southend on Sea in Essex as temperatures soared to 28 ¡C in what was the hottest day in 2021 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. June 2021.
UT says researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Science used a machine learning model to generate novel mutations to a natural enzyme called PETase, which allows bacteria to degrade PET plastics. Which mutations in these enzymes that would accomplish the goal of quickly depolymerizing post-consumer plastic waste at low temperatures is predicted by the machine.
The enzyme can perform the recycling process at less than 50 degrees Celsius, according to the university. It's capability to operate efficiently at low temperatures makes it portable and affordable for large industries.
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