Plastic Monster: A Method for the Industrial Degradation of PET
Program:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project Description:
A proposed market, method and product for converting traditional PET recycling plants into facilities that break down PET into its useful monomers, ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. The product is a buffered solution containing two engineered hydrolases, PETase and MHETase, derived from the organism Ideonella sakaiensis.
Team Members
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Project Mentors, Sponsors, and Partners
Steve Farias
Course Faculty
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Project Photo Caption:
Overcoming plastic wastelands with the power enzymes.