Is a plastic-eating enzyme the pollution solution

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British scientists from the University of Portsmouth lead by Professor John McGeehan have stumbled across a “super” enzyme whilst researching a Japanese discovery from 2016 of bacteria that could eat plastic.

Could this be the answer to plastic mountains and swirling ponds of plastic detritus in the North Pacific?

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