In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular biologist at Jülich, explains the opportunities offered by biological recycling processes and the challenges of a truly circular economy.
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Plastic is a byproduct of methane extraction so if we do not stop burning gas for electricity then recycling does nothing.