Researchers turn food waste into biodegradable plastic
Plastic is also piling up around the globe, with disintegrating bottles and bags leading to increasing fears about microplastics getting into our water supplies and our bodies.
Imagine if even a fraction of our food waste could be turned into biodegradable plastic—solving two problems and making our planet healthier in the long term.
A team at Binghamton University is doing pioneering research on this idea, and they recently published a paper in the journal Bioresource Technology offering fundamental findings for any company interested in scaling up the process.
