By integrating biochemistry into day-to-day recycling the new work hopes to make plastics more sustainable. A new approach to breaking down waste materials from the food and drink industry and improve the sustainability of plastics will be developed by , in a project led by Imperial College London. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, a total of six million pounds has been awarded to five multidisciplinary three-year projects, each aiming to address the damaging environmental impact of plastic.

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