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Closing the recycling circle

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Capturing the value back from plastic waste has been the holy grail of recyclers. Biotechnology is taking us closer to a solution.

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Fig. 1: The demand for plastic resins in Europe during 2017 as a percentage of total plastic demand.
Fig. 2: Structure of PETase from I. sakaiensis.

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    Laura DeFrancesco

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DeFrancesco, L. Closing the recycling circle. Nat Biotechnol 38, 665–668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0541-0

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