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Real milk, real cheese – no cows required

July 8, 2021
Will 'animal-free' AI driven processing replace 'plant-based' dairy products? An Israeli start-up is applying AI to precision fermentation to artificially brew the whey and casein proteins that make up real...

SoyFilm: Is this the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics?

June 10, 2021
At last! A sustainable, scalable and 100 percent natural plant protein-based polymer that functions like plastic and can be broken down naturally after use. Inspired by spiders webs, the polymer...

Replacing plastics in fibre-based packaging for full recycling

May 10, 2021
New research highlights biodigestible barrier polymers to replace plastics and non-repulpable laminating adhe­sives currently being used in fibre-based packaging. The commissioned study concludes that ‘recycle ready’ adhesives and fully soluble...

Recycled graphene from tyres can make more environmentally friendly concrete

April 8, 2021
This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimised a process to convert waste from rubber tyres into graphene that can, in turn, be...

Closed-loop chemical recycling of common petrochemical realised

January 28, 2021
Imagine plastics and rubber that can be chemically unzipped back to reusable monomers for recycling. In the way of all the most exciting advances, this process of depolymerisation - a...

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