Truly Biodegradable Plastic

02/02/2022 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

UC Berkeley’s Ting Xu and her students have come up with one solution for the global problem of single-use plastics: embed enzymes in the plastic, so that once the bag or cup is no longer wanted, it will self-destruct with a little heat and water. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 37840]

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