That’s ridiculous. We recycle all kinds of things. It has little to do with entropy, a lot more to do with can we make the process cheaper than starting from raw materials.
With plastic the answer is mostly no so far, but these enzymes have the potential to change that, maybe. With glass, steel, aluminum, it’s cheaper to recycle than start from ore.
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I totally haven't heard this story for 20 years already. /s
Such stories were used explicitly by the fossil fuel industry at those concerned with the new plastics back when they were introduced.
https://www.dw.com/en/plastic-recycling-a-myth-as-packaging-...
I will still stand by the argument that recycling is impossible. Entropy can't be reversed in any way economically, chemically, or socially.
That’s ridiculous. We recycle all kinds of things. It has little to do with entropy, a lot more to do with can we make the process cheaper than starting from raw materials.
With plastic the answer is mostly no so far, but these enzymes have the potential to change that, maybe. With glass, steel, aluminum, it’s cheaper to recycle than start from ore.