‘Generator’ Turns Plastic Trash Into Edible Protein0
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- July 26, 2021
Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a food generator concept that turns plastics into protein.
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Scientists use bacteria to make vanilla flavouring out of plastic bottles0
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- July 6, 2021
Scientists say that plastic bottles can be used to create vanilla flavouring, which would reduce pollution and help supply the global demand for this spice
Scientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 17, 2021
Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic.
Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 1, 2020
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled
Biodegradable Material Made Out of Fish Waste Could Replace Single-Use Plastic0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 29, 2019
A University of Sussex student created a new material that is strong and flexible and decomposes in less than six weeks.
Spider silk, wood combination replicates material advantages of plastic0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 18, 2019
A new material created by researchers has qualities that are similar to those of plastic, but because it is biodegradable, the new material is more eco-friendly.
Mushrooms could solve the war on plastic, says Kew Gardens0
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- September 13, 2018
Fungi could be the key to winning the war on plastic, leading scientists at Kew Gardens has said.
This plastic can be recycled over and over and over again0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 3, 2018
Breaking down into its initial building blocks is the key to the polymer’s reusability
Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 18, 2018
Hungry, hungry enzymes.
This plastic-eating caterpillar can help us get rid of our trash0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 2, 2017
Plastic bags need hundreds of years to biodegrade, but wax worms break them down in no time.
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