New Biorefinery Finds Treasure in Starbucks' Spent Coffee Grounds and Stale Bakery Goods
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 08:20
in Mathematics & Economics
With 1.3 billion tons of food trashed, dumped in landfills and otherwise wasted around the world every year, scientists today described development and successful laboratory testing of a new "biorefinery" intended to change food waste into a key ingredient for making plastics, laundry detergents and scores of other everyday products. They described the research at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.