Food Scraps Get a Bold New Life

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Researchers at The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science have demonstrated that food waste, such as fruit peels and vegetable leaves, can be processed into construction materials that are stronger than concrete but still edible and even tasty. Food scraps that produced weaker materials could be reinforced by adding another food-derived component. These results highlight a potential strategy which could impact the associated economic and environmental burdens of recycling food waste.

2021.05.25

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Food Scraps Get a Bold New Life

Researchers at The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science repurpose food waste to build materials with a bending strength comparable to concrete and that still taste good.

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