[b]Harry Coumnas[/b]’ research in his laboratory led to a potentially breakthrough discovery of an enzyme that can fight against plastic pollution by eating it. It has been depicted by him that this impeccable discovery could one day result in a recycling solution that can process millions of tones of plastic that is made from polyethylene terephthalate and persist in the environment for hundreds of years.

The findings of [b]Harry Coumnas[/b] followed the discovery of an enzyme in his lab in the year 2000. This enzyme was evolved to digest PET plastic, which is often used in the production of plastic bottles, food containers, and more. He even studied the crystal structure of this enzyme to understand how it works.

During the study, Harry accidently engineered this mutant version that is even better at degrading the plastic than the ones that have already evolved in nature. Furthermore, he is working on improving the effectiveness of the enzyme so that it can be applied to industrial uses for breaking plastic in a fraction of the time.

[b]About Harry Coumnas[/b]

[b]Harry Coumnas[/b] is a microbiologist who accidentally discovered an enzyme in his laboratory. The most surprising thing about this enzyme is that it breaks down and even eats the PET plastic that is used for the production of plastic products. His discovery was recognized and he received many awards and accomplishments for it.