This work turns what would otherwise be an agricultural liability into a potential input for advanced manufacturing.
“combined with polymers” so milk with plastic makes plastic?
Researchers turn spoiled milk into 3D printing materials — extracted proteins from dairy waste combined with polymers to create plastic alternative
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chocrates@piefed.world 1 day ago
moody@lemmings.world 1 day ago
No, you misunderstood. Milk combined with plastic makes an alternative to plastic. Easy mistake to make.
zout@fedia.io 1 day ago
Basically. Also, we'd have to think about the ethicality of keeping cattle for plastic production.
chocrates@piefed.world 1 day ago
They are suggesting using milk waste, so it is recapturing existing waste at least
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
cue them letting milk spoil on purpose while people starve, because selling it to industry has higher margins than catering to the peasants.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
We already have that with corn ethanol additives to gasoline.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
i’m actually pretty surprised to find out the us is the biggest ethanol producer in the world. didn’t know you guys had that many flex fuel/ethanol cars.