Plastic Waste Cookies: A Bold Space-Food Breakthrough 31-08-2026
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Researchers use microbes to turn plastic waste into edible snacks. The process could revolutionise the environment and nutrition.
Would you be willing to eat a cookie that, originally, was also a plastic bottle thrown into the waste? Some researchers from Illinois used genetically engineered yeasts to transform compounds derived from plastic bottles and agricultural waste into food ingredients. The result is protein-rich snacks and 3D printed called μBites, i.e. microbites. Experimental biscuits are still far from supermarket shelves. Researchers claim that the analyses ca…
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Researchers use microbes to turn plastic waste into edible snacks. The process could revolutionise the environment and nutrition.
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Plastic Waste Cookies: A Bold Space-Food Breakthrough 31-08-2026
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