What do we truly need to solve it?

What would it take to dispose of the million tons of plastic residues we discard every year?

Is recycling the ultimate answer? Unfortunately, no. Conventional recycling offers little relief to the growing accumulation of plastic waste.

However, BIORECYCLING might.

The key lies in our ability to:

1. Effectively degrade plastics.
2. Control the degradation process—understanding the smaller molecules produced, ensuring they can be safely reused, and preventing the formation of harmful microplastics.

If this cycle is achieved through biological means, we can finally close the loop.

What Plasticentropy represents is a new pathway toward harnessing biological solutions to plastic pollution.

Plasticentropy is built on insect biotechnology: we use insects to identify, characterize, and ultimately deploy insect-derived enzymes capable of breaking down plastic waste into recyclable small molecules.

This is happening. This is real.

Our research focuses on several lepidopteran and coleopteran larvae, with the wax worm—Galleria mellonella larvae—taking center stage.

At Plasticentropy, we have discovered that enzymes produced by wax worms are directly responsible for plastic degradation. These enzymes act rapidly at room temperature, inducing oxidation and depolymerization of polyethylene.

This breakthrough provides the foundation for biotechnological and industrial applications aimed at addressing plastic waste—one of the defining environmental challenges of the 21st century.