News
Below is a list of recent news related to the BOTTLE™ consortium.
February 2021
How To Solve the Mounting Problem of Plastic Waste? Focus on Its Chemical Roots
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Feb. 3, 2021
January 2021
A Mild Way To Upcycle Plastics Used in Bottles into Fuel and Other High-Value Products
ACS News Service Weekly, Jan. 27, 2021
NREL Reports Sustainability Benchmarks for Plastics Recycling and Redesign
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Jan. 21, 2021
Research Paper on Two-Enzyme System for Plastics Depolymerization #39 in Top 100 Publications
for 2020
Altmetric, Jan. 20, 2021
Department of Energy Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap and Request
for Information
U.S. Department of Energy, Jan. 19, 2021
Why Scientists Say "Plastivores" Could Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
WHYY, Jan. 15, 2021
December 2020
Download Coloring Page of "Upcycling Waste Plastic: Ru Ready!"
ColorMePhD, Dec. 22, 2020
Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2020
Business Insider, Dec. 15, 2020
Could Plastic-Eating Bacteria Save the Planet?
Bloomberg, Dec. 14, 2020
November 2020
ORNL Joins Effort to Make Plastic More Recyclable
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nov. 24, 2020
Los Alamos National Labs Participates in New Initiative To Help Reduce Plastic Pollution
KOB4 TV, Nov. 9, 2020
Los Alamos Works To Make Better, More Recyclable Plastics with New BOTTLE Consortium
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nov. 9, 2020
October 2020
SLAC Researchers Join Effort To Make Plastic More Recyclable
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Oct. 28, 2020
Can Plastic-Eating Bacteria Help Cut Down on Pollution?
Marketplace, Oct. 26, 2020
BOTTLE Consortium Launches To Change the Way We Recycle
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oct. 20, 2020
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and
Development
U.S. Department of Energy, Oct. 15, 2020
Scientists Develop 'Super Enzyme' That Breaks Down Plastic Faster Than Ever
CBC Radio One, As It Happens, Oct. 1, 2020
NREL, UK University Partner To Dive Deeper into How Enzymes Digest Plastic
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oct. 1, 2020
September 2020
Better Way to Recycle Plastic
Kelly Cutrara with Global News (21-minute mark), Sept. 29, 2020
‘Super-Enzyme’ Speeds Up Breakdown of Plastic, Researchers Say
New York Times, Sept. 29, 2020
August 2020
American Ingenuity Will Solve the Global Plastics Pollution Problem
U.S. Department of Energy, Aug. 11, 2020
July 2020
Report Released! Plastics for a Circular Economy Workshop: Summary Report
U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, July 7, 2020
March 2020
Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling
Consortium
U.S. Department of Energy, March 16, 2020
December 2019
Plastics for a Circular Economy Workshop
U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, Dec. 11, 2019
November 2019
Department of Energy Launches Plastics Innovation Challenge
U.S. Department of Energy, Nov. 21, 2019