Re:Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low tempe...
by jaclaz on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @09:41AM
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I have no idea of the actual data, but I believe that percentage in waste plastics of those kinds (PE+PUR+PBAT+PLA) are something like:
95.0% PE
3.9% PUR
1.1% PBAT+PLA
so, even if these newly found microbes are effective and come into use they probably won't make in practice much a change, and - as you say - every year it comes out some article about research on these microbes (including some with potential for "eating" PE) but no news about them being used industrially.
95.0% PE
3.9% PUR
1.1% PBAT+PLA
so, even if these newly found microbes are effective and come into use they probably won't make in practice much a change, and - as you say - every year it comes out some article about research on these microbes (including some with potential for "eating" PE) but no news about them being used industrially.