Plastic is widely used in the market and daily life, but it causes a harmful effect on the environment: microplastic contamination.
Microplastic particles are not only degrading ecosystems but also infiltrating our daily lives.
As industrial production advances and urbanization increases, the problem of microplastic pollution continues to grow.
However, traditional methods of addressing this issue are often costly and inefficient. So how can we improve this?
PLASTIVOROUS: A sustainable solution for microplastic pollution
In our efforts, we decided to focus on degrading microplastics using PETase. We successfully
constructed sequences of PETase designed to efficiently degrade PET and introduced these
sequences into cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria are then placed in bioreactors alongside
Rhodococcus, creating a system capable of breaking down microplastics more completely and effectively.
See how our project changes the world: