Virginia Tech researchers work to create biodegradable bioplastics from food waste
July 05, 2024
July 05, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Extraordinary amounts of energy, water, and capital are put into food systems. However, anywhere from 30 to 40 percent of the food that is produced ends up in landfills in the United States.
What if there was a way to convert it into something we use every day?
Researchers in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are doing just that by developing biodegradable biopla . . .
Extraordinary amounts of energy, water, and capital are put into food systems. However, anywhere from 30 to 40 percent of the food that is produced ends up in landfills in the United States.
What if there was a way to convert it into something we use every day?
Researchers in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are doing just that by developing biodegradable biopla . . .