Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a commodity polymer known to globally contaminate
marine and terrestrial environments. Today, around 80 bacterial and fungal PET-active …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is widely used in plastic bottles, packaging, and textile
fibers. However, PET is difficult to degrade in nature and rapidly accumulates into the …

Global plastic waste accumulation has become omnipresent in public discourse and the
focus of scientific research. Ranking as the sixth most produced polymer globally …

Plastic pollution has threatened biodiversity and human health by shrinking habitats,
reducing food quality, and limiting the activities of organisms. Therefore, global interest in …

The rising use of plastic results in an appalling amount of waste which is scattered into the
environment. One of these plastics is PET which is mainly used for bottles. We have …

Plastic‐degrading enzymes hold immense potential for eco‐friendly recycling methods.
However, the catalytic rates of current enzymes do not stack up against the mammoth task of …

Synthetic aromatic esters, widely employed in agriculture, food, and chemical industries,
have become emerging environmental pollutants due to their strong hydrophobicity and …

The overwhelming use of PET plastic in various day-to-day activities led to the voluminous
increase in PET waste and growing environmental hazards. A plethora of methods have …

Plastic has rapidly transformed our world, with many aspects of human life now relying on a
variety of plastic materials. Biological plastic degradation, which employs microorganisms …

Usled masovne proizvodnje i neadekvatnog korišćenja plastike došlo je do rastućeg
globalnog problema akumulacije plastičnog otpada. Različite strategije su primenjene kako …