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Plastic can take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose. A new 'living plastic' breaks down in 30 days
As a petroleum-based plastic, PET is found in nearly everything ... that secrete those enzymes and "bake them" into the very ...
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Identifying plastics
PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles, food packaging such as fruit punnets, textile fibres (polyester). PET bottles are collected by 92% of councils. Recycled PET is generally ...
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Mangrove microbes show potential for breaking down plastics
Researchers have assessed the impact of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) particles and seawater intrusion on the microbiome of mangrove soil and then experimented with an enrichment culture to ...