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Circular economy
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY
The cemetery compost paradox: who profits when PET dies in 16 hours
An enzyme from Leipzig cemetery compost breaks down PET packaging in a day; ESTER Biotech and a 2026 Nature Communications paper show who can profit from enzymatic recycling — and why Poland still bets on pyrolysis.
2026-09-05
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
The missing atom. How a catalyst defect turns plastic into an amino acid
Singapore's Ning Yan team showed that a missing sulfur atom — long seen as a flaw — turns PLA plastic into the amino acid alanine: 4.95 mmol/g/h at 70°C, twice the previous best.
2026-08-15