This invention relates to a method for degrading PET fibers using a mechanical enzymatic method and recycling the degradation products, comprising: (1) extracting crude
enzyme solution using screened PET-degrading strains. When the
bacteria are in the late
logarithmic growth phase, the supernatant of the culture medium is collected by
centrifugation, and then placed in a freeze dryer to remove water from the crude
enzyme solution, thereby obtaining the desired
enzyme powder. (2) accurately weighing a certain amount of PET and placing it in a
homogenizer, adding a certain amount of enzyme
powder and
sodium phosphate buffer with added green surfactant, performing preliminary mechanical treatment using a
homogenizer, and then incubating the treated mixture at a constant temperature. (3) reacting the degradation products in the
solid reaction mixture with
sodium carbonate solution, filtering through cotton, and then acidifying with
hydrochloric acid to precipitate substances such as
terephthalic acid. Finally, centrifuging is used to remove the acidic supernatant to separate the degradation products such as
terephthalic acid. This process avoids the use of large amounts of
solvent, reduces costs and environmental
impact, realizes the direct
enzymatic hydrolysis of highly crystalline PET fibers, and simultaneously achieves high-purity
recovery of degradation products, which can be recycled for the production of new PET products.