The discovery could result in a more effective recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of PET, which currently have to undergo a complex chemical process to break them down into their respective monomers for reforming into virgin grade polyester fibres and other materials
Back in 2016, how an enzyme produced by bacteria living at a plastic bottle recycling site in Japan could digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
But now, scientists at the University of Portsmouth and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) inadvertently engineered an enzyme that is even better at degrading the plastic than the original one that evolved naturally
Scientists have successfully modified a bacterial enzyme to break down polyester more efficiently in a move that could have wide ranging implications for the plastics recycling, waste and textile industries
SFFD has become the largest fire department in the United States to fully equip its frontline firefighters with turnout gear…
LOOM Carbon has announced a strategic research partnership with RTI International, an independent scientific research institute.
Borealis has announced a strategic partnership with BlueAlp, a chemical recycling technology company based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Re-START Alliance, a textile recovery alliance, has launched Cluster Collective, its first flagship initiative aimed at increasing textile-to-textile recycling in…
SuperCircle, a New York-based technology platform focused on textile waste management, has raised US $24 million in Series A funding.
India has set up a demonstration farm in Gujarat to showcase the use of agro-textiles, especially protective nets. The project…