RSL, a group of students from the environment faculty of Da Nang University of Technology, has successfully used cotton waste to grow mushrooms. The waste cotton caused serious pollution to the environment, while it was costly to collect the waste.They also discovered that if the cotton was put in wet places, mushroom clusters would grow on it.This prompted the students to think of reusing the waste cotton to grow mushroom for food. They affirmed that the reuse of waste cotton will bring many benefits – reducing the cost for treatment and easing pollution. After nine months of carrying out experiments, the product was improved step by step and introduced to the community. The students are still trying to mix different materials with cotton shreds in order to increase the protein content in mushrooms.

Source: VietNamNet News July 13, 2017 00:22 UTC