Over 359 million tons of plastics were produced worldwide in 2018, with significant growth expected the near future, resulting global challenge end-of-life management. The recent identification enzymes that degrade previously considered non-biodegradable opens up opportunities to steer plastic recycling industry into realm biotechnology. Here, sequential conversion post-consumer polyethylene te...

The migration of antimony (Sb) from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottling for acidic juices have been assessed in this study. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric (ICP-MS) method was chosen for antimony content determination. Experiments were undertaken at different conditions (15, 25, 35, 45days at 25, 50°C for first use bottle, reused bottle). Two different acidic juices (lemon j...