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https://www.europeanscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/safety-net-3289549_1280.jpg1280853Scientists may have just discovered a solution to one of the world’s largest environmental problems – plastic waste. Researchers accidentally engineered an enzyme capable of digesting common plastic pollutants, which they say could help recycle millions of tonnes of plastics that often end up in the Earth’s oceans.