People Fixing the World   /     The plastic eaters

Description

Every year the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic – the same weight as all the humans on earth.Only a small proportion of this is recycled, and this isn’t proper recycling but “downcycling” – the new plastic is of a lower quality, meaning that almost all plastic eventually goes to waste.But now French company Carbios is using enzymes to break plastic down into its chemical building blocks – which can then be used to make high quality plastic again.So is plastic on the brink of becoming a resource like glass or aluminium, that you can keep on moulding and recycling again and again?Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: William Kremer Series producer: Jon Bithrey Sound mix: Gareth Jones Editor: Penny Murphyemail: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Subtitle
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
Duration
1436
Publishing date
2023-11-28 00:01
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gvgrjc
Contributors
  BBC World Service
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