Plastic waste is usually viewed as something that needs to be collected, recycled or kept out of the environment. But researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are exploring a far more unusual possibility. Scientists are turning discarded plastic bottles and agricultural waste into ingredients for edible cookies.
The experimental cookies, called µBites (microbites), are being developed using genetically engineered yeast and a combination of food ingredients. The researchers have not tasted them yet because they are still awaiting institutional approval to conduct the experiment, reports News Scientist.
