Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful ingredients for other products

Piles of used plastic bottles are thrown away every dayBut microorganisms may be able to solve the problem. Now, researchers at ACS Central Science report that they have developed a plastic-eating E. coli strain that efficiently converts polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into adipic acid for use in Manufacture of nylon materials, pharmaceuticals and perfumes. Previously,…