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VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 61

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Spanning the Boston Harbor: The Future Long Island Bridge

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n Mayor Walsh’s inaugural address, he pledged his support to rebuilding the Long Island Bridge and an extensive rehabilitation and addiction recovery medical unit on the island. Rebuilding the bridge is a no brainer for many Bostonians, but has not been as well received by some residents and the mayor of Quincy. By public infrastructure standards this project is moderate, does not bear the complexity of the big dig, and seeks more or less to restore a structure that existed in the harbor for many years. The history of Long Island is one filled with unique family stories, social experiments, and agricultural and educational communities.

The island was granted in rent to the city of Boston as early as 1634 by Native Americans, wa s used for a gricu ltura l purposes for years changing

hands from public and private owners, and played a role in the American Revolution. In the Civil War the Massachusetts 3rd and 4th regiments were mustered at Camp Wightman on the island before going to battle. The federal government took over part of the island for a period of time, and Fort Strong was added to the northern end of the island as a part of the harbor defenses in both world wars.

The addition of a large hotel and a chronic disease hospital, farms and a nursing school gave the island its first civic mission around improving health of Boston citizens. In 1885 Boston took possession of the island.

Since this time the city has had numerous programs designed for the rehabilitation and education. For the 20 years preceding its closure, the island had a large homeless shelter

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Men’s Division Runners: Kawauchi, Yuki 2:15:58 (JPN), Kirui, Geoffrey 2:18:23 (KEN) and Biwott, Shadrack 2:18:35 (CA US) Women’s Division Runners: Linden, Desiree 2:39:54 (MI USA), Sellers, Sarah 2:44:04 (AZ USA) and Duchene, Krista 2:44:20 (ON CAN) Wheelchair Men’s Division: Hug, Marcel 1:46:26 (SU), Van Dyk, Ernst 1:47:14 (RSA) and Romanchuk, Daniel 1:50:39 (IL USA) Wheelchair Women’s Division Mcfadden, Tatyana 2:04:39 (MD USA), Scaroni, Susannah 2:20:01 (IL USA) and 2:26:32 (SUI)

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Long Island Bridge serving over 700 residents. Many found the idea of busing the homeless out to an island kind of controversial, and the mayor does not plan to restore this program.

In recent memory, former Mayor Menino established a working farm and created Camp Harbor View in 2007, and the Boston Public Health Commission had an agricultural program until the island’s closure in 2014.

Some of the youth programs have cont inued by u sing boats to travel to the island, including the recent private / public change of management for the agricu ltura l fa rm.

Recently the B-Good fast food chain opened Hannah Farm, in cooperation with Green City Growers, Camp Harbor

Long Island Head Light, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, photo by James Woodward.

View, and the Boston Health Commission. Hannah Farm is designed by the company to bring fresh produce to its restaurants and the community, as well as training to at risk youth. B-Good has gone on the record saying that 75% of the food grown on Hannah Farm goes to Camp Harbor View. We mention all

this history in brief to make one point clear: using Long Island for social causes is not new to this city property, and there is an established precedent for Mayor Walsh’s medical plans. One of the problems the island faces in finding new purpose is that doing infrastructure work without a road, and relying upon boats to transports goods and services to the island is very inefficient, and builds in permanent cost over runs. While building a bridge to Long Island will be costly, it will pay dividends in the end.

Despite some community criticism for the vacuum created in various services since the island’s forced closure, the mayor

has committed serious funds and political capital to restoring the bridge and creating addiction recovery services on Long Island.

We believe this is fundamentally a good idea, if done properly and cost effectively. According to WBUR the mayor’s budget proposal for this year includes 100 million to restore the Long Island Bridge in three years. At this point the city pays millions just to maintain the mostly empty buildings on the island. Mayor Walsh is doing the right thing to restore Long Island for productive use, and his proposal seems like a modest infrastructure that citizens of Boston should support.

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Chapel/Cemetery 200th Committee Meets

by Rick Winterson Momentum (a nd excitement) for observing the 200th Anniversary of Father Francis A nthony Matignon’s death is growing. This was increasingly obvious at the mo s t re c ent A n n iver s a r y Committee meeting on April 12.

To brief ly review, Fr. Matignon served as the Catholic priest for Boston and all of New England from the late 1700s until his death on September 15, 1818. Boston’s first Bishop, Jean-Louis de Cheverus, erected the St. Augustine Chapel to Matignon’s memory, breaking ground in December, 1818, and completing the Chapel in 1819. Fr. Matignon’s remains are interred in the Chapel.

Since then, Cardinal Cushing built t he Matignon High School in North Cambridge.

Observances at the Chapel are already planned later this year, beginning on Friday evening, September 14; Cardinal Sean O’Malley will say a Memorial

Mass at the Chapel Saturday evening, September 15. Further activities are being planned – all will be welcome to attend these.

This year of 2018 is an anniversary in other ways. It is the Centennial of World War I, “The War to End All Wars”.

Well, history certainly didn’t work out that way. That will be worth a long moment of ref lection on the 100th Armistice Day observance - Sunday, November 11, 2018. And Boston’s most noted Revolutionar y patriot, Paul Revere, passed away on May 10, 1818 – 200 years ago in just three weeks. Revere and his wife-to-be, Sary Orne, used to picnic here in South Boston, rowing across the Harbor rather than taking the land route along what would later become Boston Street into A ndrew Square.

The next meeting of the ad hoc Committee for the 200th Anniversary of St. Augustine Chapel and Cemetery will be held in the Chapel itself at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3.

Fr. Robert Casey convenes the April 12 meeting of the St. Augustine Chapel 200th Anniversary Committee in the Gate of Heaven Church Hall.

Father Francis Matignon High School in North Cambridge, named for Boston’s first priest, who is interred in South Boston’s St. Augustine Chapel on Dorchester Street.

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Heroic Journey from Horrors of WWII an Inspiration

By Ray Flynn, Former Mayor of Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican We all do things in life that we can rightfully be proud of. I often think about athletic coaches over the years who had such a positive impact on young people and made a big difference in their lives. The same could be said about a school teacher, a fellow worker, a neighbor or a friend.

The same could also be said about things you might have done in life, whether it’s considered sma ll or maybe something big. But whatever it was, it made a positive difference in your or someone else’s life.

I would like to tell you brief ly about one such person that I got to know back in the mid-1960s. I was out of the Army and cut from the Boston Celtics. I wanted to work as a youth street worker, and got a job working with kids in Mattapan and Roxbury. It was at the

height of the riots and troubles, but I worked with some pretty remarkable people who became lifelong friends. Jeep Jones, later deputy mayor when Kevin White beca me mayor, professiona l boxing champion Walter Byers and Bill Moynahan to name a few. I had the opportunity to team up with several caring people to help troubled kids from all over the city, from Columbia Point, Southie High School to the South End Boys Club.

But the guy I often teamed up with was Steve Ross. We would visit pool halls, schools and Boys Clubs to talk to street gangs and meet with probation officers to try and get kids back into school. Steve was a survivor of Nazi death camps during World War II in Europe. He told many horrendous stories about what he experienced and witnessed as a young boy in those concentration camps.

His stories had a big impact on us for the rest of our lives.

When I later entered politics,

I would conduct educational forums for schoolchildren at City Hall and the State House and ask Holocaust survivors to tell their stories to them. I often heard people later tell me how moved they were in hearing Steve Ross and other survivors.

Bril lia nt w riters Bria n Wallace and Glen Frank have teamed up with Steve to share some pretty remarkable stories in a soon-to-be-released book, “From Broken Gla ss.” It’s

about Steve’s heroic journey from finding hope in Hitler’s death camps to inspire a new generation. I’m proud that as mayor of Boston, we could build the New England Holocaust Memorial, one of the great memorials in our long history dedicated to the people who will be forever enshrined in the hearts of the people of Boston.

Steve Ross, my forever friend, “We will never forget.”

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Excel Women’s Groups Visit P&G Gillette

by Rick Winterson To be sure, Gillette here in South Boston is now owned

by Procter & Gamble, a large corporation more frequently called “P&G”. That results in the combined corporate title “P&G Gillette”, which South Boston Online will use in the rest of this article about a visit to their headquarters.

There’s a group of female students at Excel High School, who are ver y interested in achieving their justly deserved equality and rights. This is a young women’s group that has existed for several years in support of each other. They are ver y serious about their efforts and recently, they began c a l ling t hemselve s “Pret t y Tough Women”, abbreviated “PTW”. The PTW gather in classrooms in Excel High School during their Advisory periods.

There’s a not her, newer group of female students at Excel High. This is a group called the Young Women’s Professional Group, which focu se s on sk ills and achievements its members will need beyond high school, in order to have challenging careers. One key step for these students, of course, is to look into college degree programs, but there are other avenues of advancement t hey c a n fol low a s wel l.

And finally, there is a group of about half a dozen adult

women, who live on Dorchester Heights in the shadow of Excel High School, and who volunteer to work with the two student women’s groups at Excel. This group of adult neighbors of the High School was started by Kate Brown, and now includes Karen Rocco, Alice Carberry, Caitlan Carberr y, and Sarah Dailey.

This is a ll under t he guidance of Excel’s Headmaster Renee McCa ll, Facu lt y Mentor Michelle Caine, and Tracey K imsey, Excel’s Work Based Learning Coordinator.

W hat is the connection between P&G Gillette and these three women’s groups from South Boston? Well, P&G Gillette recently hosted the members of these women’s groups described above, in a conference with their own female employees. That conference included a tour of the facility along A Street and the Fort Point Channel, followed by interviews with P&G Gillette’s women employees.

For the female Excel students, it was a truly memorable experience – P&G Gillette is not only tec h n ic a l ly adva nc e d, but it aggressively pursues tota l equality among its work force.

According to comments afterward, some of the students’ reactions were, “it was great to hear about P&G Gillette’s zero tolerance for harassment a nd d i scr i m i n at ion.”, a nd “Great seeing so many women at Gillette who are engineers,

managing projects, in research a nd development … etc.”.

One high point on the P&G Gillette tour was a visit was paid to their “Envision Center”, where the visual effect seemed to be actually standing inside a Gillette razor to see how a new design rea lly work s.

Pre v iou s a c t iv it ie s by Excel’s young student women have included college prep counseling and a conference at M a s s a c hu s e t t s G ener a l

Hospital with a dozen medical professionals in various medical careers. The MGH conference included a trip to the MGH ether dome and the ambulance helipad there. Future projects include arrangements to see if A ndrea Muccini of South Boston’s legendar y Ultimate Self Defense c a n conduct a cla ss or t wo for P T W. If you live near Excel and would like to volunteer, contact: karen.rocco@comcast.net.

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House of Siam Reaches 20

The taster, Elaine Fallon, looks forward to dining from Joe Thailand’s menu and kitchen.

by Rick Winterson His full Thai name is Banjongyuvayong Yuvayongdee, but he is known around here as Joe Thailand, although he could now be called Joe America since receiving his U.S. citizenship seven years ago. A still youthful looking Joe Thailand has been a Boston restaurateur for 33 years, starting with his first House of Siam in Copley Square in 1985.

As a geography note, Thailand is the modern name of the nation once known as Siam. Thai food and Siamese food mean the same.

Joe opened the House of Siam now located at 542 Columbus Avenue almost exactly 20 years ago, on April 13 in 1998. That was a very propitious date – April 13 is the Siamese New Year in Thailand. And this new restaurant was an immediate

success. This review deals with Joe’s second Thai restaurant, located at 592 Tremont Street near the theaters and the Cyclorama. That restaurant will become ten years old in just a few weeks. NOTE: Both restaurants serve Thai cuisine, of course; their respective menus are identical.

A word about the décor you’ll see at the House of Siam. The statuary is arresting in its serenity.

Take a few moments to look at it; take some snaps on your cell phone.

The leafy and flowering plants are eye-catching. Interior colors are intentionally muted, featuring wood tones, gentle lighting, and a wall shade of gray/brown that somehow looks warm, restful, and inviting.

“Intimate” is a suitable word.

Joe himself has a naturally ebullient character; he broadcasts a wide, wide smile to everyone who comes in. He was born in Bangkok, the Thai capital, and maintains his roots in Thailand. He has two restaurants there and his relatives attend college here in the Boston area, while working towards their advanced degrees. He traveled back to Thailand this year to visit his mother during their New Year.

That Joe is highly successful goes without saying. His Thai cuisine has achieved “Bests” in Boston some five times. The Phantom Gourmet is a regular take-out customer; his son drives here from Needham just to enjoy House of Siam dishes. Joe

is especially fond of his hundreds of customers (and fans) who live in South Boston. Many of them order take-out, which you should consider doing if you’re having a party or watching some athletics. Joe’s takeout orders were more than half of his business this last weekend, with its hockey and basketball playoffs, the damp but exciting BAA Marathon, and the continuing success of the 2018 Red Sox. Keep that in mind.

And now to specifics: For appetizers, we ordered giant, deepfried Shrimp Tempura with a sweet, tangy dip and a Thai Specialty called “Golden Bags”. The latter are made from wonton (noodle dough) stuffed with ground chicken, onions, and corn, and then quickly sautéed – unique and tasty. This was followed by two main courses – Pad Thai (truly the signature Thai dish) and (believe it or not) fried chicken. Pad Thai is made with rice noodles, not wheat. These are lightly pan fried, or essentially sautéed, and

then cooked with eggs, shrimp, chicken, bean sprouts, and ground peanuts. With Thai seasoning, it becomes uncommonly rich-tasting.

The House of Siam’s fried chicken consists of a whole breast of chicken dipped in batter and deep-fried.

The serving is sizable, and thus retains its moisture. It is presented on a sauced layer of delicious mixed, fresh vegetables. Overall, the House of Siam’s seasoning has familiar elements (like ginger), but definitely has a flavor that is, well, Far Eastern, exotic, and delightful.

This time, we purposely chose dishes that weren’t heavily spiced.

But an adventurous diner can enjoy these whenever he wishes. The House of Siam’s Chicken Basil is fiery and heavy on the basil. Pork Pik King is another daring choice. But go there to enjoy Thai/Siamese cooking. It’s another world of tastes, and there’s something there for everyone.

A final note: The portions at the House of Siam are very generous!

You are welcome at the House of Siam, 592 Tremont Street near the Cyclorama in the South End. Or try the other House of Siam at 542 Columbus Avenue, near Mass Avenue.

A Siamese staple – rich Pad Thai, noodles with eggs, chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, and ground peanuts, accompanied by white rice.

An unusually tasty dish – House of Siam fried chicken on a bed of crispy vegetables.

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The Tynan’s 2018 Autism Awareness Breakfast

by Rick Winterson The 2018 Autism Awareness Breakfast took place at the Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School on Friday morning, April 13. It was a joyful occasion that featured many displays and a long table of sumptuous breakfast goodies (extensively sampled by this writer).

The Tyna n ca feteria / assembly area was filled with a crowd of 200 or more – students, friends, families, teachers, and staff, along with some dedicated

volunteers. Tynan Principal Leslie Gant cordially welcomed those in attendance. The presentations that followed included songs, dancing, a slide show, and closing remarks by Ms. Blaise. Autism is a neurological/developmental condition. It can affect a person’s ability to interact and communicate with other people around them.

But there are ways that young students with autism can learn these essential skills. It requires dedicated schooling and most important, dedicated teachers and supporting adults. That was the key reason for having the 2018 Annual Autism Awareness Breakfast, which was actually a celebration. And there were 34 donors (yes, 34!), who made the Breakfast possible this year through their generosity.

“The Heart That Gives, Gathers”, from the Tao Te Ching text by Lao Tsu

Nick Collins Files Legislation to Protect UMASS-Boston

Legislative amendments increase funding by $5 million Rep. Nick Collins is taking steps to protect the students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Boston by boosting funding, including providing money to prevent cuts at institutes and learning centers on the Dorchester campus.

“Protecting UMass-Boston is of paramount concern to me,” Collins said. “We have made significant investments in UMassBoston and need to ensure that the

promises we make are kept to the students and faculty there. This funding is crucial to that mission.”

Collins has filed two amendments to House Bill 4400 and is calling on his colleagues for swift approval. The first, which is co-sponsored by 12 House colleagues, would stipulate that the UMass system must fund UMassBoston’s centers and institutes at the same levels as last year, as well as add $2.1 million in funding.

These centers serve a variety of social and cultural purposes to the campus and beyond, and are key learning centers for underserved populations in Boston and beyond.

T he s e c ond , w h ic h is co-sponsored by f ive representatives, would add $3 million to cover a projected budget shortfall and prevent any cuts.

“UMa ss-Boston is an important resource for all of Boston and the region,” Collins said. “I hope my colleagues will support this funding so UMassBoston can continue to grow and thrive for generations to come.”

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Fort Point Business Community Tours IDB

by Rick Winterson South Boston Online was invited to take part in a recent tour of the newly entitled “Innovation and Design Building”, now commonly known as the “IDB”. The tour was arranged and sponsored by the Friends of Fort Point Channel (the FFPC), headed

by Rachel Borgatti, its Executive Director. Early on Thursday morning, April 12, approximately 40 members of the “Friends” gathered in the Ann Sacks Showroom (21 Drydock, Suite 120E). Ms. Sacks had graciously offered her design space for this; coffee and a collation were served.

This tour’s purpose was aimed at introducing interested Fort Point businesses to the commercial and scientific activities that now occupy the

Innovation and Design Building (the IDB). There’s an interesting growth and transition pattern going on within the IDB, which has always been noted for its numerous, striking design offerings.

Now, the IDB has also become the home of some highly interesting businesses that are technical (or “technological”, if you like big words) in nature. One example of these was Reebok’s development and marketing functions that moved into the IDB last fall.

The two destinations on the April 12 tour were America’s Test Kitchen and AUTODESK’s Build Space. Both destinations offer a good, professional look at the imagination that goes into design these days – design of both robotic creations and perfectly prepared foods.

There was also plenty of technology to

mentally digest, ranging from techniques to make artifacts with robotics to statistics that establish the best way to prepare foods to eat (and enjoy). If you would like evidence of the latter, simply log onto ATK’s “Cook’s Magazine”.

Meghan from American Test Kitchen and Jared from AUTODESK expertly conducted the tours of their respective businesses. Their explanations were both clear and interesting, and they answered any and all questions briefly and accurately. Both presentations were fascinating, as were the visits to the laboratory areas and the actual production facilities.

These are large – AUTODESK is located in a 35,000 square foot, two-level space; America’s Test Kitchen occupies 55,000 square feet, which is considerably

more than an acre under roof.

As a proof of their technical expertise, the two enterprises also have extensive, highly technical libraries. Many of the volumes in these libraries were authored by employees of the enterprises – AUTODESK has published a new, high-tech manufacturing guide they call “The Future of Making”. And America’s Test Kitchen has a number of laboratories.

As just one example, an American Test Kitchen scientist named Dan gave a short laboratory lecture on the science of bread. Yes, bread - the human race’s original and oldest “made” foodstuff.

Thus begins networking in South Boston’s new and rapidly developing business/technical areas.

Dan, Food Technologist in America’s Test Kitchen, demonstrates his bread.

A complete (!) cooking, kitchen, and utensil library in America’s Test Kitchen.

Jared from AUTODESK conducts Thursday’s FFPC Tour.

The Innovation and Design Building at 19-25 Drydock Avenue in South Boston.

Rachel Borgatti, E.D. of FFPC, welcomes tour members to the IDB.

Ann Sacks of Ann Sacks Design welcomes the FFPC Tour.

A display at Ann Sacks (Suite 120E, Innovation and Design Building).

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Café Porto Bello: Still the Best Italian Deal in Southie

By Richard Campbell After reviewing some of the new guns in the South Boston restaurant scene, I was recently tempted back to an old favorite: Café Porto Bello. Friends beg me to go there whenever they visit South Boston, and over the years I’ve tasted most of the standards on this menu.

Café Porto Bello is cozy and the staff is efficiently down to earth. You often get to kind of know your neighbors in this relaxing atmosphere, and that’s possible because unlike a lot of new trendy places, they have the common sense not to blare bar music during dinner.

The wine list is fairly sturdy, and the menu offers quite a variety. In short, this is a real neighborhood Italian dinner place with a dedicated following.

Truthfully, I often have gone to get their addictive pizza, but the antipasti on the menu (mainly the calamari) tempts me back to the three course meal with some regularity. It is almost impossible if the smell of garlic and oil floats out from the kitchen to avoid the shrimp scampi or other buttery garlic sauces. Their sauces-

whether the red sauces or white creamy ones, usually have that extra kick that some South Boston Italian places don’t get. You can mix and match things on this menu and come out with dinner that is pretty reasonable. Fair warning: you must remember to come with cash, as the restaurant doesn’t take credit cards.

Speaking of reasonable, the pizzas here are loaded and go from $12.95 to $16.95. The black olive and roasted

pepper pizza is a crowd pleaser for your vegans, as is the fresh mozzarella and basil, or their house special with Portobello mushrooms with gooey pleasing fontina cheese. But my favorite is the hot cherry pepper pizza with Italian sausage. If I go the pizza route I usually forgo the bread they bring, and order a Caesar salad, which is full, and has a tangy dressing. The Pollo Parmigiana is tender with plenty of mozzarella cheese,

though you should ask for the sauce on the side. I know it kind of pegs me as a standard person when I order it, or the Pollo Marsala, but they are both very consistently pleasing. In the seafood category is Scallops Rockefeller, a creamy delightful appetizer designed to make you feel rich-only if you don’t split it!

Their antipasto plate is more of a sharing item- it looks great, and is just enough.

The big kahuna in so far as seafood is the Fiore Dell Mare, that includes shrimp, scallops, and muscles in garlic olive oil with either pesto or marinara sauce. This time I wanted to try the funky looking Tortellini Alfredo that has prosciutto and peas in a creamy cheese sauce, but I stuck to my favorites. People order pizza here for pick up all the time, and I didn’t realize they had lunch sandwich specials.

This could be more romantic with a few candles, a dessert selection, and espresso coffee offered at the close of dinner. In short, you can go for a big meal or special occasion, or just a quick weeknight bite, and flavors will not disappoint.

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South Boston Catholic Academy’s Spring Fling!

Spring has defiantly sprung at South Boston Catholic Academy! On Sunday afternoon, April 8, 2018 the students at South Boston Catholic Academy had a chance to get all dressed up in their spring outfits and invite their families to come to the Spring Fling. Boys were invited to bring their mom, grandmothers, aunts, etc. Girls were invited to bring their dad, grandfathers, uncles, etc. There was dancing, pizza, a bake sale and a photo booth. It was a fun afternoon for all! Special Thank you to Mrs. Katie Marshman for doing such a great job organizing this event, to our wonderful parents who volunteered to help and to all those who helped to make this fun family event a big success. South Boston Catholic Academy (www.

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Revolution in Plastic Recycling Reported by BBC

By Richard Campbell As the fake spring arrives, whenever I walk the South Boston harbor I’m forever picking up plastic bottles, wrappers, and bags- there seems to be an unending f low of plastic all over the place. While it isn’t our practice to pay much attention to press from overseas, a profoundly interesting story hit the BBC which could potentially change our lives in a very positive manner.

We a re increa singly aware the world’s oceans and landfills are awash with plastic that does not easily biodegrade, and particularly in the United States we have been running out of options (the Chinese recently stopped taking our garbage). Often products like plastic bottles are recycled as other kinds of materials, park benches or carpets, etc., but in the end of the day those plastics end up being unrecyclable.

At the same time the sheer practicality of plastic has us all addicted to its many forms.

The BBC reported a new scientific discovery they called PETase, an enzyme that will break down plastic to its original components in a few days. PET (polyet hylene terepht ha late) is what plastic is made of, and apparently scientists have isolated

“Yet big challenges lie ahead in turning an ingenious discovery into a real-world application.

Developing a technique for producing the enzyme cheaply will be one key hurdle; another will be to harness its power on an industrial scale. But this is an example of accelerated science.

A type of bacteria evolved to live off plastic in the last few decades.

The enzyme it uses to digest PET was only recently identif ied.

Now we have details of the newly engineered and more efficient version of that enzyme. In the search for scientific solutions to the plastic pollution crisis, momentum like this is vital.”

We know that from coffee cups to water bottles and shopping bags manufacturers are in a mad race to create the most recyclable materials, and the sooner we solve this problem the better for the environment.

But to imagine that science is a few steps away is exciting indeed!

an enzyme which “eats” plastic, originally found in a Japanese dump. As the kid’s say: OMG. While it sounds like bizarre science fiction, consider that this could lead to the end of massive dumps of plastic which have proven difficult to recycle (certain kinds of plastics are reused, but it is a very inefficient process), and if applicable on a large scale level could create a engineered bacteria that would break down plastic into its two key ingredients, and allow it to be the resourced once againmaking plastic truly recyclable.

As petroleum is one of the components in making plastic, 100 percent recycling could save a lot on energy use as well.

Though there is still a great deal of work to be done to make this possible, the idea that we could eventually rid the world of huge landfills of plastic is quite a break through. David Shukman, Science Editor of the BBC wrote:

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