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Bacteria That Eats Plastic | Venice Beach News
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A groundbreaking study reveals soil bacteria that can break down PET plastic—the same stuff in water bottles—using powerful enzymes to turn it into basic building blocks. This discovery could revolutionize recycling, offering a scalable, biological solution to plastic pollution and giving hope for cleaning up oceans and landfills. Scientists are now racing to make enzyme production cost-effective and safe, turning nature’s ingenuity into a real-world fix for one of humanity’s biggest environmental challenges.
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