Aubrey Dickson Chigwada

Engineering Microbial Systems for Plastic Biodegradation into Monomers to Bridge Natural Plastisphere Ecology with Industrial Circularity

Plastic pollution remains one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. Global production reached 413.8 million tons in 2023 and 430.9 million tons in 2024, while annual post-consumer waste continues to approach 300 million tons. Conventional mechanical and chemical recycling routes rem...