Scientists made edible cookies out of plastic

Scientists have turned PET plastic into nutritious edible cookies, an innovation that could help address both pollution and hunger.

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are developing protein-rich cookies made using plastic waste and agricultural waste. Called µBites, the cookies use PET plastic from bottles and discarded corn stalks and leaves. Programmed yeasts convert processed waste into proteins, fats, acids and flavouring mo

Here’s How Scientists Turned Plastic Bottles Into Nutritious Cookies  Forbes

Nasa-funded project uses yeasts to turn plastics and other waste into edible proteins, fats and flavourings Cookies produced from upcycled plastic may sound like something straight out of a dystopian sci-fi plot. But researchers say that they have succeeded in creating such a product as part of a Nasa-funded project a

Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns