Over 359 million tons of plastics were produced worldwide in 2018, with significant growth
expected in the near future, resulting in the global challenge of end-of-life management. The
recent identification of enzymes that degrade plastics previously considered non-
biodegradable opens up opportunities to steer the plastic recycling industry into the realm of
biotechnology. Here, we present the sequential conversion of polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) into two types of bioplastics: a medium chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and …