Plastic-chomping bacteria could transform plastic bottles into make-up, drugs, and perfumes, according to a new study. University of Edinburgh scientists engineered a simple E. coli bacteria to eat our litter and regurgitate it into something else. Writing in ACS Central Science, the researchers announced it was the first “one-pot” solution for making plastic waste useful, […]

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