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Fungi are eating the world's plastic stockpiles

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Fungi are eating the world's plastic stockpiles

11 min

Biotech startups are deploying Aspergillus tubingensis to break down non-recyclable polymers in weeks instead of centuries. This shift moves plastic waste from a storage problem to a feedstock for the circular economy.

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In this episode

  1. 1Intro1 min
  2. 2The Islamabad Discovery2 min
  3. 3The Startup Surge3 min
  4. 4The Circular Chemistry2 min
  5. 5The Scalability Wall3 min
  6. 6Outro1 min

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Fungi are eating the world's plastic stockpiles — Fylom