Plastic-eating enzymes get €17m investment to transform textile industry
5 mars 2025
15:34
Could plastic-eating enzymes be the solution to the world's biggest recycling problem? Epoch BioDesign is betting on that with an AI-designed process for turning plastic waste into valuable resources. Now the London-based startup has raised €17.1m for a solution that could transform the textile industry and other sectors.
For all the focus on recycling plastics, the troubling fact remains that a vast majority of plastic waste – millions of tons a year – still ends up in landfills or the ocean.
Epoch BioDesign wants to change that with the help of AI-designed enzymes that can break down even the toughest plastics in a process that mimics natural decomposition.