ANI Published: May 21, 2018, 9:35 Custom Pvc foam sheets am IST Updated: May 21, 2018, 9:43 am IST The substance is based on an enzyme which was first produced by bacteria living in a Japanese recycling center. (Photo: Pixabay) London: Pollution has become a serious health issue and certain ways have been discovered to reduce it but the best way is by recycling plastic."Serendipity often plays a significant role in fundamental scientific research and our discovery here is no exception," said Professor McGeehan. end-of Tags: plastic, enzyme, recycle, bacteria, plastic pollution, humans, wildlife Related StoriesScience Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is hugeUGC directs varsities to ban plastic cups, bottlesRlys to help travellers crush plastic bottles.Plastic pollution adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans.The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The scientists of the University of Portsmouth accidentally created a super-powered version of the plastic-eating enzyme, a substance that is capable of "eating" plastic that could help tackle the world's pollution problem.The substance is based on an enzyme, a "biological catalyst", which was first produced by bacteria living in a Japanese recycling center that researchers suggested had evolved it in order to eat plastic, says Independent. Representational Image.The scientists suggest their method could be employed to make plastic recycling far more effective because simply breaking the plastic into pieces is not in itself useful.The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic more effectively than anything found in nature

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