Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular signature distinguishes enzymes capable of efficiently breaking down plastic. Found in nearly 80% of ocean samples, these PETase variants show nature’s growing adaptation to human pollution.
They’ll just create a new undegradable plastic and then we’ll have the plastic pollutn problem all over again. Its an endless loop from which the only way out is an intentional, designed solution.