Plastic waste is accumulating at an alarming rate

0 million tons

of plastic is generated

0 million tons

of plastic enters the ocean

0,000 animals

die from plastic entanglement

We must MANAGE our plastic waste

But HOW?

Traditional methods

involve melting and reshaping the plastic to make new products, which proves to be a costly and time-consuming process. Recycled plastic has lower quality and usability as heating degrades its original chemical structure, making it impossible to compete with virgin plastic on the market.

Our solution

PET-ase and MHET-ase

are groundbreaking enzymes that can degrade PET into its constituent components, TPA and EG.

Advantages?

Fast, sustainable, and EFFICIENT - we can now recycle PET at a MOLECULAR level!

How can we produce these enzymes?

We took the bacterial genes that encode PET-ase and MHET-ase ...

... and transferred them into E.coli.

The bacteria could then multiply ...

... and secrete the enzymes.

Great, we broke plastic into smaller pieces.

Now what - how can we recycle those pieces?

Protein production

We then grew microorganisms that utilized these monomers as nutrients and produced their own proteins during their lifecycle.

We harvest this biomass, which can be used as FOOD or FEED!

Analysis

We analyzed the biomass to make sure it doesn't contain toxins or allergens, and hence is potentially safe for consumption!