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ENZYME BASED RECYCLING PROCESSES

  • Georg M. Guebitz - Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,, Austria - Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria
  • Felice Quartinello - Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria - Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria
  • Doris Ribitsch - Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria - Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria

DOI 10.31025/2611-4135/2022.15214

Released under CC BY-NC-ND

Copyright: © 2022 CISA Publisher

Abstract

Novel strategies allowing environmentally friendly recycling of plastics are strongly needed. Enzymes have shown high potential, especially for the recovery of building blocks from multilayer materials which will be discussed in this paper. It has been shown that enzymes can specifically hydrolyze and solubilize certain components of blended packaging materials or mixed wastes. This allows a step—wise recovery of valuable building blocks which can be used for re-synthesis or for bioproduction (e.g. recovered glucose). However, despite the high potential of biocatalysts, even more efficient enzymes are required for economic industrial implementation. In this paper, which is based on a contribution to the SUM 2022 conference, we will consequently demonstrate how enzyme discovery can lead to more powerful tools for plastics recycling and provide some examples.

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Editorial History

  • Received: 17 Jun 2022
  • Revised: 02 Aug 2022
  • Accepted: 29 Aug 2022
  • Available online: 14 Sep 2022

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