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Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies Because That’s the Future We Deserve (futurism.com)

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Are we eating enough plastic already?

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[–] TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

These "food cookies" could be used as compost or animal feed no? Just transforming it into something that can return to nature is really cool.

Also opens up the door to possibly finding a way to remove microplastics from people or animals. If it was possible to safely get those yeast into people, would break them down.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Absolutely. Nothing can break down those polymers naturally, so just getting that process started makes a big difference. The very worst case is that the output material ends up in landfill - if it's just a sugar molecule at that point, it will break down relatively quickly. Way, way better than letting the plastic break down in the environment.