TED Tuesday #4: Are Mushrooms The New Plastic?

A bio-degradable product that functions just like plastic, how's about that eh.

Many people have picked up on how the process of making these foams uses a lot of plastic - the containers that transport the organic material to the factory, the molds and other mechanical parts, the PPE workers wear. WTF. This world is not (yet) perfect, and the concept is brilliant. My concern would be more towards introducing a new species to an unfamiliar environment, what kind of an impact the organism inside the product will have on where it is disposed. Hopefully it is a microscopic concern, compared to the more popular option of carelessly using forever-plastic.



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