17 Apr 2018 --- The battle against plastic pollution has taken an unexpected turn as an international scientist team develops an enzyme which naturally digests PET as its main energy source. Originally discovered in 2016 in sediments at a bottle recycling site in the port city of Sakai, Japan, the team has successfully modified the enzyme – known as Ideonella Sakaiensis – to break-down PET bottles at an accelerated rate of just three days. The research team believes that the enzyme has great potential in the global fight against plastic pollution.
