Stephen Techtmann, a microbiologist at Michigan Technological University, and collaborators from Michigan Tech and the University of Illinois, are in the midst of a project that seems half-miraculous: turning plastic waste into edible protein.
Merck announced the winner of the 2022 Future Insight Prize in the category of “Energy”. The € 1 million prize was awarded at the “Curious2022 – Future Insight” scientific conference in Darmstadt, .
According to scientists at Michigan Technological University, chemical pre-treatments that tend to dissect a few kinds of plastics that can help naturally occurring microbial communities break down plastic waste in a rapid manner.