A new enzyme that will 'eat' plastic pollution
Press/Media: Research
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| Title | Scientists Discover New Enzyme That Can Eat Plastic |
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| Media name/outlet | Wonderful Engineering |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Date | 27/09/19 |
| Description | Coverage of John McGeehan's discovery of an enzyme which can digest PET plastics |
| Producer/Author | Aniqa Ajmal |
| URL | https://wonderfulengineering.com/worlds-largest-plastic-problem-now-solved-scientists/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | It will not burn. It will not melt: What’s your alternative to plastic? |
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| Media name/outlet | Daily O |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | India |
| Date | 12/09/19 |
| Description | Continuing coverage of John McGeehan and colleagues work in the discovery and development of an enzyme which can digest PET plastics |
| Producer/Author | Srijan Pal Singh |
| URL | https://www.dailyo.in/variety/plastic-pollution-environmental-conservation-plastic-ban-recycling-waste/story/1/32011.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Global Plastic Plague Reaches Epidemic Proportions |
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| Media name/outlet | Green Builder Media |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 16/05/19 |
| Description | An article about green building and reducing plastic waste, the reporter mentions the work of John McGeehan who has engineered an enzyme to digest some plastics |
| Producer/Author | Sara Gutterman |
| URL | https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/blog/global-plastic-plague-reaches-epidemic-proportions |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Largs scientist makes 'global discovery' that could save our oceans - by accident |
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| Degree of recognition | Regional |
| Media name/outlet | Largs & Millport Weekly News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 31/03/19 |
| Description | John McGeehan has helped to create a plastic-eating enzyme which could revolutionise recycling across the world. |
| URL | https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/17527395.largs-scientist-makes-global-discovery-that-could-save-our-oceans-by-accident/?ref=rss |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | They create the anti plastic molecule |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | Ambientum |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 11/02/19 |
| Description | Report on the research of John McGeehan last April in which he described the creation of a new enzyme capable of digesting PET plastics |
| URL | https://www.ambientum.com/ambientum/ciencia/crean-la-molecula-anti-plastico.asp |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Our plastic addiction has reached a new crisis level |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | Daily Magazine |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 15/12/18 |
| Description | Article about the extent of the plastic crisis which mentions the discovery of the plastic-eating enzyme by researchers at the University. |
| URL | www.dailymagazine.news/our-plastic-addiction-has-reached-a-new-crisis-level-nid-694788.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | The UK's green discoveries: plastic-eating enzymes and seawater biofuels |
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| Media name/outlet | The Guardian |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 16/10/18 |
| Description | A feature about environmental research taking place in UK universities includes Professor John McGeehan's plastic eating enzyme project. |
| Producer/Author | Zofia Niemtus |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/16/the-uks-green-discoveries-plastic-eating-enzymes-and-seawater-biofuels |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | The UK's green discoveries: plastic-eating enzymes and seawater biofuels |
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| Media name/outlet | The Guardian |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 16/10/18 |
| Description | A feature about environmental research taking place in UK universities includes Professor John McGeehan's plastic eating enzyme project. |
| Producer/Author | Zofia Niemtus |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/16/the-uks-green-discoveries-plastic-eating-enzymes-and-seawater-biofuels |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Report on innovation in dealing with plastic waste |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | BBC World Service Radio |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 4/10/18 |
| Description | Innovation dealing with plastic waste reports on research by Professor John McGeehan in April 2018 whereby an enzyme capable of digesting PET plastic was engineered. |
| URL | mms.tveyes.com/mediaview/?U3RhdGlvbj03MTk1JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTAlMkY0JTJGMjAxOCUyMDIzJTNBNTQlM0EzMyZFbmREYXRlVGltZT0xMCUyRjQlMkYyMDE4JTIwMjMlM0E1OSUzQTUzJlBhcnRuZXJJRD0xMTQ4NiZFeHBpcmF0aW9uPTEwJTJGNSUyRjIwMTglMjAxMSUzQTA5JTNBNDcmTW9kRWRpdG9yRW5hYmxlPVRydWUmU2lnbmF0dXJlPTBjZDgyZmMwYjYzNjhhYWEzMzI3OWExMWMxZjc0MDZi |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic free, today the revolution starts at the Ministry of the Environment: only water on tap. And the research goes on |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Millennium |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 4/10/18 |
| Description | Last spring, the results of a study by researchers from The University of Portsmouth and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the US Department of Energy, which discovered a mutant enzyme capable of "Eat" plastic waste. The result arrived accidentally during experiments on the crystalline structure of PETase , the enzyme that helps the Japanese microbe Ideonella sakaiensisto destroy the plastics. |
| Producer/Author | Luisiana Gaita |
| URL | https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/10/04/plastic-free-oggi-parte-la-rivoluzione-al-ministero-dellambiente-solo-acqua-alla-spina-e-la-ricerca-va-avanti/4668049/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Jonathan Dodd: The Mountain and the Microbe |
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| Degree of recognition | Local |
| Media name/outlet | On The Wight |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 30/09/18 |
| URL | https://onthewight.com/jonathan-dodd-the-mountain-and-the-microbe/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-munching caterpillars could save the planet, new research reveals |
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| Media name/outlet | talkRADIO |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 20/09/18 |
| Description | Article and studio talk about new research which has shown a caterpillar can digest polyurethane mention Professor John McGeehan's research in which he engineered an enzyme capable of digesting PET plastic |
| URL | mms.tveyes.com/mediaview/?U3RhdGlvbj0xMzU1NSZTdGFydERhdGVUaW1lPTklMkYyMCUyRjIwMTglMjAwMiUzQTI4JTNBMjcmRW5kRGF0ZVRpbWU9OSUyRjIwJTJGMjAxOCUyMDAyJTNBMzMlM0E0NyZQYXJ0bmVySUQ9MTE0ODYmRXhwaXJhdGlvbj0xMCUyRjIlMkYyMDE4JTIwMTAlM0ExMiUzQTA5Jk1vZEVkaXRvckVuYWJsZT1UcnVlJlNpZ25hdHVyZT1kNzQyY2Y0ZDc5M2M5NDZkOTdjMGI1YmY4NTE2ZTQzNw== |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-munching caterpillars could save the planet - if they don't destroy it first, new research reveals |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | Daily Mail |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 20/09/18 |
| Description | Reports on new research which has shown a caterpillar can digest polyurethane mention Professor John McGeehan's research in which he engineered an enzyme capable of digesting PET plastic |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6187153/Plastic-munching-caterpillars-save-planet-new-research-reveals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists engineer mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Springs Advertiser |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/09/18 |
| Description | The enzyme is able to digest PET (polyethylene terephthalate) – the material used in the plastic bottles that are clogging up landfills, coastlines and oceans around the world. |
| Producer/Author | Caxton Central |
| URL | https://springsadvertiser.co.za/196294/scientists-engineer-mutant-enzyme-eats-plastic-bottles/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | P.M. News Nigeria |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 15/09/18 |
| Description | Report on John McGeehan's research in which he engineered a enzyme to digest PET plastic. |
| URL | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/09/14/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Bugs can help in plastic fight |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 5/09/18 |
| Description | At a time when plastic pollution is reaching catastrophic levels, scientists have made some discoveries which indicate that digestive enzymes produced by some plastic-eating bugs may provide a solution to complete recycling of plastic. |
| URL | www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=199872&sid=5&sid=5 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Saving the planet from plastic |
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| Media name/outlet | Rathbone Greenbank Investments |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 5/09/18 |
| Description | The environmental damage that plastic waste causes has become a global problem. Steps to address the issue are now being taken worldwide, with a reduction in non-biodegradable plastics a key goal. But how close is science to offering us viable solutions? |
| Producer/Author | Victoria Hoskins |
| URL | https://www.rathbonegreenbank.com/insight/saving-planet-plastic |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastics and recycling |
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| Media name/outlet | BBC 2 Radio |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 22/08/18 |
| Description | Discussion about plastics and recycling includes mention of Professor John McGeehan's research, in which he engineered an enzyme able to digest PET plastic |
| URL | mms.tveyes.com/mediaview/?U3RhdGlvbj01NzE1JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9OCUyRjIyJTJGMjAxOCUyMDE1JTNBNDMlM0ExNiZFbmREYXRlVGltZT04JTJGMjIlMkYyMDE4JTIwMTUlM0E0OCUzQTM2JlBhcnRuZXJJRD0xMTQ4NiZFeHBpcmF0aW9uPTglMkYyMyUyRjIwMTglMjAxMCUzQTMwJTNBNDQmTW9kRWRpdG9yRW5hYmxlPVRydWUmU2lnbmF0dXJlPTY4MTc5NmJiNTZmZmZhODAyZTg2NjhlOTc2N2I3NzIx |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Científicos japoneses descubren una bacteria que elimina el plástico (Spanish) |
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| Media name/outlet | Blasting News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 31/07/18 |
| Description | Report on research by Professor John McGeehan which developed a new enzyme more efficient than the one which evolved naturally at digesting PET plastics |
| Producer/Author | Pepa Martorell |
| URL | https://es.blastingnews.com/ciencia/2018/07/cientificos-japoneses-descubren-una-bacteria-que-elimina-el-plastico-002673657.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Researchers Discover Enzymes to Convert Lignin into Plastics and Chemicals |
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| Media name/outlet | SpecialChem |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 31/07/18 |
| Description | Report on research by Professor John McGeehan and colleagues which has discovered enzymes which could be used to convert lignin into plastics and chemicals |
| URL | https://polymer-additives.specialchem.com/news/industry-news/researchers-discover-enzymes-converting-plastic-lignin-000215382 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Bacteria could eat our plastic garbage |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | Bild |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 22/07/18 |
| URL | https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/ratgeber/plastikmuell/bakterien/produzieren-plastik-fressende-enzyme-55419156,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Is Biodegradable Plastic The Answer To Our Plastic Pollution Problem? |
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| Media name/outlet | Good Men Project |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 16/07/18 |
| Description | The products that decompose rather than stay around forever may be a necessity more than ever. |
| Producer/Author | Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer |
| URL | https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/plastic-pollution-sjbn/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Newly Found Enzyme can Help Turn Plant Waste to Plastic |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | labroots |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 10/07/18 |
| Producer/Author | Carmen Leitch |
| URL | https://www.labroots.com/trending/cell-and-molecular-biology/12033/newly-found-enzyme-plant-waste-plastic |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Reducing reliance on plastic is key to our future |
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| Media name/outlet | Evening Echo |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 10/07/18 |
| Description | Report on research by Professor John McGeehan in which he engineered an enzyme capable of digesting PET plastics |
| Producer/Author | Anthony Angelini |
| URL | https://www.eveningecho.ie/opinion/Reducing-reliance-on-plastic-is-key-to-our-future-100b10b5-daff-4b18-9a4b-24190c7841c5-ds |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | New Enzyme to Improve Lignin to Chemicals Conversion |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | SpecialChem |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 6/07/18 |
| Description | An international research team, including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has discovered and characterized a new family of cytochrome P450 enzymes that is critical to improving the conversion of lignin—one of the main components of plants—into valuable products such as nylon, plastics, and chemicals. |
| URL | https://coatings.specialchem.com/news/industry-news/new-enzyme-chemicals-conversion-000215111#provider_moreover |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists create 'promiscuous' enzyme that turns plant waste into sustainable products |
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| Media name/outlet | Environmental Data Interactive Exchange |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 29/06/18 |
| Producer/Author | Sarah George |
| URL | https://www.edie.net/news/8/Scientists-create-special-enzymes-that-turn-plant-waste-streams-into-resources/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Creation of a new enzyme which can digest PET plastic |
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| Media name/outlet | The Chemical Engineer |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 6/06/18 |
| Description | report on research by John McGeehan which has resulted in the creation of a new enzyme which can digest PET plastic |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic waste pollution in the ocean: technology at the tipping point |
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| Media name/outlet | The Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 22/05/18 |
| Description | Report on research by Professor John McGeehan which has resulted in the creation of a new enzyme which can digest PET plastic |
| Producer/Author | Christine Evans-Pughe |
| URL | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/05/plastic-waste-pollution-in-the-ocean-technology-at-the-tipping-point/#provider_moreover |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles |
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| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | Onmy Radio South Africa |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 26/04/18 |
| URL | https://omny.fm/shows/the-best-of-azania-mosaka/playlists/podcast/embed?style=artwork |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Beating Plastics with Science |
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| Media name/outlet | My Green Pod |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 19/04/18 |
| Description | SCIENTISTS HAVE ENGINEERED A PLASTIC-EATING ENZYME THAT COULD BE USED TO RECYCLE PLASTIC BOTTLES |
| Producer/Author | Katie |
| URL | https://www.mygreenpod.com/articles/beating-plastics-with-science/#provider_moreover |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists Created Something That Could Be Huge for the Environment |
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| Media name/outlet | iHeart Radio |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 19/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| URL | https://973now.iheart.com/content/2018-04-18-scientists-created-something-that-could-be-huge-for-the-environment/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plásticos poluentes em praias podem ter solução |
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| Media name/outlet | Caribbean News Digital |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 19/04/18 |
| Description | Report on research by Professor John McGeehan in which he engineered an enzyme capable of digesting PET plastic, returning it to its constituent parts |
| URL | https://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/pt/noticia/plasticos-poluentes-em-praias-podem-ter-solucao |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Could a tiny enzyme eradicate plastic garbage plaguing the world’s oceans? |
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| Media name/outlet | CBS News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | A small enzyme could be the solution to plastic pollution, one of the planet's biggest environmental problems. Millions of metric tons of plastics wind up in the ocean each year. |
| URL | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-an-enzyme-eradicate-plastic-pollution-in-the-worlds-oceans/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment |
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| Media name/outlet | Gizmodo |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| Producer/Author | George Dvorsky |
| URL | www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/04/mutated-plastic-munching-enzyme-accidentally-created-during-lab-experiment/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally discover enzyme that could 'eat' plastic pollution |
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| Media name/outlet | Austin American Statesman |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Pollution has negative effects on our health, but scientists may be able to better combat the issue with a plastic-eating enzyme they discovered accidentally. |
| Producer/Author | Najja Parker |
| URL | https://www.statesman.com/news/science/scientists-accidentally-discover-enzyme-that-could-eat-plastic-pollution/HACfBhd7H0Uj2BG64aUEqJ/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-Eating Enzyme Holds Promise in Fighting Pollution |
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| Media name/outlet | Jakarta Globe |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Kate Kelland and Stuart McDill |
| URL | jakartaglobe.id/international/plastic-eating-enzyme-holds-promise-fighting-pollution/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists Just Created An Enzyme That Eats Plastic, And It Was By Accident |
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| Media name/outlet | Tech Times |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| Producer/Author | Carl Velasco |
| URL | www.techtimes.com/articles/225417/20180418/scientists-just-created-an-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-and-it-was-by-accident.htm |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scissors cut paper. Paper wraps rock. Lab-made enzyme eats plastic |
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| Media name/outlet | The Register |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Brit boffins save planet |
| Producer/Author | Andrew Orlowski |
| URL | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/18/petase_enzyme_portsmouth/#provider_opoint |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally discover enzyme that could 'eat' plastic pollution |
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| Media name/outlet | Palm Beach Post |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Pollution has negative effects on our health, but scientists may be able to better combat the issue with a plastic-eating enzyme they discovered accidentally. |
| Producer/Author | Najja Parker |
| URL | https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/science/scientists-accidentally-discover-enzyme-that-could-eat-plastic-pollution/HACfBhd7H0Uj2BG64aUEqJ/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Nytt hopp för miljön: Hittade plastätande enzym av en slump |
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| Media name/outlet | Aftonbladet |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| URL | https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/G1gX0l/nytt-hopp-for-miljon-hittade-plastatande-enzym-av-en-slump |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Muterat enzym ska kunna ”äta upp” plast i naturen |
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| Media name/outlet | Dagens Nyheter |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| URL | https://www.dn.se/nyheter/vetenskap/muterat-enzym-ska-kunna-ata-upp-plast-i-naturen/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Improved Plastic-degrading Enzyme That Can Break Down Ubiquitous PET Bottles |
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| Media name/outlet | Omnexus |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 18/04/18 |
| Description | A breakthrough in enzyme research led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United Kingdom’s University of Portsmouth has led to an improved variant of an enzyme that can break down ubiquitous plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. |
| Producer/Author | SpecialChem |
| URL | https://omnexus.specialchem.com/news/industry-news/nrel-university-of-portsmouth-better-plastic-degrading-enzyme-000214230 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | This enzyme eats plastic and could revolutionize recycling, scientists say |
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| Media name/outlet | USA Today |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Ashley May |
| URL | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/17/enzyme-eats-plastic-and-could-revolutionize-recycling-scientists-say/523399002/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists Inadvertently Create Mutant Plastic-Eating Enzyme |
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| Media name/outlet | Daily Beast |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | An international group of scientists has accidentally created an enzyme that eats plastic |
| Producer/Author | Carlos Jasso |
| URL | https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-inadvertently-create-mutant-plastic-eating-enzyme |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | POLLUTION SOLUTION Scientists accidentally create a mutant protein that eats plastic |
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| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Researchers in Portsmouth created the plastic-digesting protein while investigating its natural counterpart |
| URL | https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6069244/scientists-accidentally-create-a-mutant-protein-that-eats-plastic/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Researchers accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic |
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| Media name/outlet | Independent |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | British researchers created the plastic-digesting protein accidentally while investigating its natural counterpart. |
| Producer/Author | John von Radowitz |
| URL | https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/researchers-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-36814741.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | University of Portsmouth scientists accidentally develop plastic-eating enzyme |
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| Media name/outlet | The News |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Sign up 1 HAVE YOUR SAY SCIENTISTS at the city’s university have inadvertently engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. |
| Producer/Author | Millie Salkeld |
| URL | https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/university-of-portsmouth-scientists-accidentally-develop-plastic-eating-enzyme-1-8462047 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | An accident in a lab may have just solved the world’s plastic problem |
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| Media name/outlet | Metro |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | British researchers created the plastic-digesting protein accidentally while investigating its natural counterpart. |
| Producer/Author | Richard Hartley-Parkinson |
| URL | metro.co.uk/2018/04/17/accident-lab-may-just-solved-worlds-plastic-problem-7473141/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Enzyme which can digest most commonly polluting plastics discovered |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | The Ecologist |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. |
| Producer/Author | Brendan Montague |
| URL | https://theecologist.org/2018/apr/17/enzyme-which-can-digest-most-commonly-polluting-plastics-discovered |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | CNN |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems. |
| Producer/Author | Bard Wilkinson |
| URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/16/world/plastic-pollution-science-environment-enzyme-intl/index.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists Accidentally Create A Plastic-Eating Enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Huffpost |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | The discovery may be a breakthrough in tackling the plastic pollution crisis. |
| Producer/Author | Laura Paddison |
| URL | https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/enzyme-plastic-bottles-pollution_us_5ad5e364e4b0edca2cbde373 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists announce plastic eating breakthrough |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Environment Journal |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the world’s most commonly polluting plastics, and they believe it could offer a potential solution to the problem of plastic waste. |
| Producer/Author | Thomas Barrett |
| URL | https://environmentjournal.online/articles/scientists-announce-plastic-degrading-breakthrough/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally discovered a mutant enzyme that could help the world eliminate plastic waste |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Business Insider UK |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have accidentally discovered a mutant enzyme that can fully eat up and decompose common plastic, and could help the world solve the problem of plastic waste. |
| Producer/Author | Alexandra Ma |
| URL | uk.businessinsider.com/scientists-accidentally-discover-mutant-enzyme-that-decomposes-plastic-2018-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=referral&r=US&IR=T |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | British scientists may have just found an answer to the planet’s plastic crisis |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Country Living |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Could single-use plastics soon be recycled? |
| Producer/Author | Katie Avis-Riordan |
| URL | https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a19836203/british-scientists-discover-plastic-eating-protein/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists make new plastic-eating enzyme in fight against pollution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | New York Daily News |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | One man's trash is this enzyme's lunch. |
| Producer/Author | Christopher Brennan |
| URL | www.nydailynews.com/news/world/scientists-new-plastic-eating-enzyme-fight-pollution-article-1.3938338#provider_moreover |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Forscher entwickeln zufällig Enzym, das Plastikmüll zersetzen kann |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Russia Today |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| URL | https://deutsch.rt.com/newsticker/68531-forscher-entwickeln-zufallig-enzym-gegen-plastikmull/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-eating enzyme holds promise in fighting pollution - scientists |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Gulf News |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | The enzyme is able to digest polyethylene terephthalate, or PET - a form of plastic patented in the 1940s |
| Producer/Author | Reuters |
| URL | https://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/plastic-eating-enzyme-holds-promise-in-fighting-pollution-scientists-1.2206800 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Tuesday briefing: Scientists create plastic-devouring mutant enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Wired |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists researching a microbe that eats plastic have made it even more effective |
| Producer/Author | Wired |
| URL | www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-170418#provider_moreover |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Big victory: Scientists engineer plastic-eating enzyme that could help in the fight against pollution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Financial Express |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Reuters |
| URL | https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/big-victory-scientists-engineer-plastic-eating-enzyme-that-could-help-in-the-fight-against-pollution/1136156/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Forskere oppdaget enzym som «spiser plast» |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Nettavisen |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Et nytt enzym som raskt kan fordøye miljøskadelig plast, er nærmest ved en tilfeldighet oppdaget av en gruppe britiske og amerikanske forskere. |
| URL | https://www.nettavisen.no/na24/forskere-oppdaget-enzym-som-spiser-plast/3423443039.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Bilim insanları plastikleri çözebilecek bir enzim geliştirdi |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Posta |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Bilim insanları, doğada çözünmeyen ve kirliliğe yol açan plastikleri çözebilecek bir enzim geliştirdi. Plastik şişelerde kullanılan PET'lerin doğada çözünmesi yüzlerce yıl sürebiliyor. Fakat PETase adlı enzim sayesinde plastikleri birkaç gün içinde çözündürmek mümkün olabilir |
| URL | www.posta.com.tr/bilim-insanlari-plastikleri-cozebilecek-bir-enzim-gelistirdi-1406384 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Naukowcy przez przypadek stworzyli enzym, który "je" plastikowe butelki |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Onet |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Odkrycie, do jakiego doszło na jednym z japońskich wysypisk, miało miejsce przez przypadek. Okazuje się jednak, że może mieć niebagatelne znaczenie w rozwiązaniu globalnego kryzysu związanego z zanieczyszczeniem tworzywami sztucznymi. |
| URL | https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/nauka/naukowcy-przez-przypadek-stworzyli-enzym-ktory-je-plastikowe-butelki/pmz17lt |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | This enzyme eats plastic and could revolutionize recycling, scientists say |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Pacific Daily News |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | New research shows an enzyme could erase millions of tons of plastic bottles polluting the world. |
| Producer/Author | Ashley May |
| URL | https://eu.guampdn.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/17/enzyme-eats-plastic-and-could-revolutionize-recycling-scientists-say/523399002/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | A GAME-CHANGING DISCOVERY TO COMBAT PET WASTE? |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Packaging Europe |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems, the University of Portsmouth reports. |
| Producer/Author | Elisabeth Skoda |
| URL | https://packagingeurope.com/a-game-changing-discovery/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally develop plastic digesting enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Recycling & Waste World |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have accidentally developed an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. |
| Producer/Author | Jo Gallacher |
| URL | www.recyclingwasteworld.co.uk/news/scientists-accidentally-develop-plastic-digesting-enzyme/172709/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists announce plastic eating breakthrough |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Environment Journal |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the world’s most commonly polluting plastics, and they believe it could offer a potential solution to the problem of plastic waste. |
| Producer/Author | Thomas Barrett |
| URL | https://environmentjournal.online/articles/scientists-announce-plastic-degrading-breakthrough/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Business Green |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis |
| Producer/Author | Damian Carrington |
| URL | https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3030297/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | 'Accidental' enzyme guzzles plastic bottles |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Microscopy and Analysis |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Using X-ray analysis, researchers have resolved the structure of the plastic-digesting enzyme, PETase, and accidentally engineered a 'mutant' enzyme that is even better at breaking down the polyethylene terephthalate used for drinks bottles. |
| Producer/Author | Rebecca Pool |
| URL | https://microscopy-analysis.com/editorials/editorial-listings/accidental-enzyme-guzzles-plastic-bottles |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-eating enzyme to help fight pollution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Industry Europe |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists engineer a revolutionary enzyme to tackle the plastic pollution epidemic. |
| URL | https://industryeurope.com/engineering-a-plastic-eating-enzyme/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | HOPE FOR PLANET AS SCIENTISTS ENGINEER ENZYME THAT EATS PLASTIC BOTTLES |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Environment Times |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Bottles made of plastic that persist in the environment for hundreds of years could become a pollution of the past thanks to the discovery of an enzyme that eats the substance, and work by scientists to further improve it by engineering. |
| URL | www.environmenttimes.co.uk/news/item/662-scientists-engineer-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists create plastic-eating mutant enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Packaging News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have stumbled on an enzyme that consumes PET, which they believe can potentially help solve the plastic waste problem. |
| Producer/Author | Tony Corbin |
| URL | https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/top-story/scientists-create-plastic-eating-mutant-enzyme-17-04-2018 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Could This Plastic-Eating Enzyme Save the Earth From Waste? |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Yahoo UK & Ireland |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 17/04/18 |
| Description | An international team of scientists have engineered an enzyme that can “eat” one of the most commonly used plastics, potentially providing a new weapon in the fight against plastic pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Aristos Georgiou |
| URL | https://uk.news.yahoo.com/could-plastic-eating-enzyme-save-115545222.html?guccounter=1 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-eating enzyme holds promise in fighting pollution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Reuters |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Kate Kelland and Stuart McDill |
| URL | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-science-plastic-enzyme/plastic-eating-enzyme-holds-promise-in-fighting-pollution-idUKKBN1HN2OZ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Protein that eats plastic could be pollution solution |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Penarth Times |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | British researchers created the plastic-digesting protein accidentally while investigating its natural counterpart. |
| URL | www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/national/16163225.Protein_that_eats_plastic_could_be_pollution_solution/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Researchers accidentally engineer plastic-eating enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Jamaica Observer |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution |
| URL | www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Researchers_accidentally_engineer_plastic-eating_enzyme?profile=1228 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-eating enzyme holds promise in fighting pollution - scientists |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Yahoo |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. |
| Producer/Author | Kate Kelland and Stuart McDill |
| URL | https://www.yahoo.com/news/plastic-eating-enzyme-holds-promise-fighting-pollution-scientists-190226788.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists create mutant enzymes that eat plastic bottles |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | cnet |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | A possible solution to the world's plastic pollution problem was created by accident. |
| Producer/Author | Jennifer Bisset |
| URL | https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-create-mutant-enzymes-that-eat-plastic-bottles/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Could scientists have accidentally saved the planet? British researchers create enzyme that can DIGEST old plastic bottles while testing bacteria |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Daily Mail |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists hope an engineered enzyme that eats plastic could usher in a recycling revolution - and it was found entirely by accident. |
| Producer/Author | Joe Pinkstone and Colin Fernandez |
| URL | www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5621807/Scientists-develop-enzyme-destroy-common-type-plastic-used-water-bottles.html |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | New hope in battle against plastic rubbish as scientists make accidental discovery |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Mirror |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Penicillin is probably the most important accidental discovery - but could scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found a similar gamechanger for rubbish? |
| Producer/Author | Ann Gripper and John Von Radowitz |
| URL | https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/new-hope-battle-against-plastic-12375413 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Plastic-eating protein created in British lab could spark recycling revolution, researchers claim |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Telegraph |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | The enzyme, created by accident during tests by researchers from Portsmouth University, is the first known protein capable of digesting polyethylene, one of the most commonly used plastics for consumer goods. |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/16/plastic-eating-protein-created-british-laboratory-could-bring/ |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | The Guardian |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis |
| Producer/Author | Damian Carrington |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | An enzyme that digests plastic could boost recycling |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | The Economist |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | A way to break down PET into the chemicals that made it in the first place. These could then be used to make new high-grade PET. |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/04/16/an-enzyme-that-digests-plastic-could-boost-recycling |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
| Title | Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | BBC News |
| Media type | Web |
| Date | 16/04/18 |
| Description | Scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics. |
| Producer/Author | Mary Halton |
| URL | www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43783631 |
| Persons | John McGeehan |
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Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A promiscuous cytochrome P450 aromatic O-demethylase for lignin bioconversion
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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