Scientists turn plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookies

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

Professor Lahiru Jayakody, from Southern Illinois University, is behind the scheme which sees waste plastics turned into protein-rich food

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