The plastic eaters
Every year the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic \u2013 the same weight as all the humans on earth.
Only a small proportion of this is recycled, and this isn\u2019t proper recycling but \u201cdowncycling\u201d \u2013 the new plastic is of a lower quality, meaning that almost all plastic eventually goes to waste.
But now French company Carbios is using enzymes to break plastic down into its chemical building blocks \u2013 which can then be used to make high quality plastic again.
So is plastic on the brink of becoming a resource like glass or aluminium, that you can keep on moulding and recycling again and again?
Presenter: Myra Anubi\nReporter/producer: William Kremer\nSeries producer: Jon Bithrey\nSound mix: Gareth Jones\nEditor: Penny Murphy
email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk