Unlike currently used plastics recycling processes, which are primarily thermo-mechanical, the recycling process developed by CARBIOS is based on highly specific biological tools: Enzymes!The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduces bottles to chemical building blocks that are then used to make high-quality new bottles. Existing recycling technologies usually produce plastic only good enough for clothing and carpets. For the first time in the history of the plastics industry, it is possible to recycle plastic waste to infinity to create new plastic materials and to accomplish this without a sophisticated sorting process.