Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year. Plastics are used in the packaging of food and drinks. However, they usually do ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn waste plastic bottles into the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA, offering a breakthrough for reducing plastic pollution and advancing sustainable drug ...

What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its original components, ready to be made into a new plastic bottle instead of possibly ending up ...

Plastic waste has long been treated as one of the world’s most persistent environmental problems. Bottles pile up in ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

The method utilizes the power of bacteria to turn waste consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a medication for the neurological disorder.

A research team has demonstrated that a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) is a stable and selective catalyst for breaking down polyester-based plastic into its component parts. Only ...