Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have designed an enzyme-activated compostable plastic which can be broken down by household tap water or soil composts into reusable small molecules, called monomers, in just a few days or weeks. Most biodegradable plastics are made of either polylactic acid (PLA) or polycaprolactone (PCL) which take months to break ...

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