Killing two birds with one stone: chemical and biological upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastics into food

LG Schaerer, R Wu, LI Putman, JM Pearce, T Lu… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Most polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste is landfilled or pollutes the environment.
Additionally, global food production must increase to support the growing population. This …

Yield and toxin analysis of leaf protein concentrate from common North American coniferous trees

M Mottaghi, TK Meyer, RJ Tieman, D Denkenberger… - Biomass, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the event of an abrupt sunlight reduction scenario, there is a time window that occurs
between when food stores would likely run out for many countries (~ 6 months or less) and …

Toxic Analysis of Leaf Protein Concentrate Regarding Common Agricultural Residues

TK Meyer, RJ Tieman, SW Breuer… - Journal of food …, 2023 - publish.kne-publishing.com
Background: Potential resilient foods which help reduce hunger are converting the~ 998
million tons of agricultural residue generated each year into human edible food. Although it …

From Waste to Food: Toward the Creation of a Sustainable Food Generator

T Lu, S Techtmann - Curious Future Insight: Science for a Better Tomorrow, 2023 - Springer
Food insecurity is a pressing global concern; concurrently, plastic pollution has emerged as
a growing crisis on a worldwide scale. To address both of these issues, we propose a …

How we can mine asteroids for space food

E Pilles, RI Nicklin, JM Pearce - International Journal of Astrobiology, 2024 - cambridge.org
To deeply explore the solar system, it will be necessary to become less reliant on the
resupply tether to Earth. An approach explored in this study is to convert hydrocarbons in …