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Title Enzymes? Power for Plastics Degradation
ID_Doc 7554
Authors Tournier, V; Duquesne, S; Guillamot, F; Cramail, H; Andre, I; Taton, D; Marty, A
Title Enzymes? Power for Plastics Degradation
Year 2023
Published Chemical Reviews, 123, 9
DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00644
Abstract Plastics are everywhere in our modern way of living, and their production keeps increasing every year, causing major environmental concerns. Nowadays, the end-of life management involves accumulation in landfills, incineration, and recycling to a lower extent. This ecological threat to the environment is inspiring alternative bio-based solutions for plastic waste treatment and recycling toward a circular economy. Over the past decade, considerable efforts have been made to degrade commodity plastics using biocatalytic approaches. Here, we provide a comprehensive review on the recent advances in enzyme based biocatalysis and in the design of related biocatalytic processes to recycle or upcycle commodity plastics, including polyesters, polyamides, polyurethanes, and polyolefins. We also discuss scope and limitations, challenges, and opportunities of this field of research. An important message from this review is that polymer-assimilating enzymes are very likely part of the solution to reaching a circular plastic economy.
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Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000953967700001
WoS Category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Research Area Chemistry
PDF https://hal.science/hal-04150645/file/Andre_Chemical_Reviews_HAL.pdf
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