Turn carbon dioxide into plastic

Korean scientists have been detrimental to finding ways to take advantage of greenhouse gases to produce a versatile product that is plastic, the information of Russian news agency ITAR-TASS said.

Specialist at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea created a new yeast strain - yeast carboanhydrase - that catalyzes the hydration reaction of carbon dioxide to obtain materials used to produce plastics , plastic, paint and artificial leather. This information was announced by the Korean Ministry of Territory and Territorial Sea in a press conference. Scientists say carboanhydrase enzymes are now chemically prepared, allowing for industrial use in the conversion of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Pohang University of Science and Technology Korea.

Currently, the use of yeast carboanhydrase for commercial purposes is limited because of its high cost. So far, this enzyme has to be prepared from the serum of cow's blood, so the price of 1 gram of this substance is up to 3,000 US dollars.

If a new method is used to obtain a carboanhydrase instead of an existing method for industrial use, it would be possible to reduce the atmospheric carbon dioxide content.

However, they also believe that if this technology is widely adopted, it will open a whole new way to solve the problem of global climate change that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the greenhouse effect that makes Earth is heating up.