Two Japanese researchers make food waste cementAP, TOKYOEver dreamed of having a gingerbread house like Hansel and Gretel’s? Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a technology to transform food waste into potentially edible “cement” for construction use. Previous trials using food waste to make cement required plastics to be mixed in to get the materials to stick together. “For example, if food cannot be delivered to evacuees, they could eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,” he said. The food cement can be reused and is biodegradable, so it can be buried when it is no longer needed.

Source: Taipei Times June 02, 2022 02:38 UTC