An image showing what a PET bottle looks like once it is consumed by Samsara's ’plastic-eating’ enzymes. Photo: Research School of Chemistry/ANU
An image showing what a PET bottle looks like once it is consumed by Samsara's 'plastic-eating' enzymes. Photo: Research School of Chemistry/ANU - A new Australian enviro-tech start-up backed by The Australian National University (ANU) will "infinitely" recycle plastic to help solve the global plastic pollution crisis. Samsara, which is supported by Woolworths Group, venture fund Main Sequence and ANU, uses new technology to break down plastic to its core elements and create new plastic. The tech, which uses "plastic-eating" enzymes, has been developed by researchers at ANU and could one day end plastic pollution. Samsara's novel recycling process is carbon-neutral and environmentally friendly, as well as removing the need to rely on fossil fuels to create plastics. Australians generate more than 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waster each year. But, only nine per cent of this waste makes its way to recycling, with 84 per cent ending up in landfill.
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