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The startup making shirts out of cow poo |
2018-08-01 |
[Guardian] ould you buy a shirt that has been through the back end of a cow? This could be a future fabric choice according to one Dutch startup, which is extracting cellulose from cowpats to make "manure couture". Jalila Essaïdi believes that a non-vegan future will involve recycling cow manure into cellulose fibre, bioplastics, chemical concentrates and pure water ‐ and being less squeamish about it, too. "Like a lasagne of manure, you need to make something out of it," she says. "We see manure as a waste material, something disgusting and smelly. But oil [used to make fibre] isn’t clean and beautiful at the beginning. You really have to show people the hidden beauty if you transform this cellulose." It is just one of a range of innovations seeking new materials for old applications, as the world tries to wean itself off dirty habits like plastics and hydrocarbons and embrace new technologies. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#3 Let us not think about how many times most every atom in our food and drink has been excreted by some other critter in a food chain going back over a billion years. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-08-01 23:28 |
#2 I've seen a long of clothes that looked like crap, but until now it mostly the design. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2018-08-01 19:10 |
#1 The company I work for makes machinery for waste treatment (and other applications). It's a growth industry. Every year we have more people. That all poop and you have to do something with it. There really is no such thing as "waste"*. It's a resource waiting for someone to come up with processes and uses. *OK, I'll concede some government activities |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-08-01 16:29 |