Solutions Carbios's enzyme eats old plastic and turns it back into raw materials Recycling plastic is very hard, but not for the enzymes found in bacteria from landfills.
Solutions Fighting climate change with laundry A Danish biotechnology company is trying to fight climate change - one laundry load at a time. Its secret weapon: mushrooms like those in a dormant forest outside Copenhagen.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Fighting climate change, one laundry load at a time Experts in the study of fungi are playing a bigger role in improving laundry detergents and, by extension, leading efforts to cut energy use.