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Betonov · 01-08-15, 05:48 PM

It seem they discovered a species of mushrooms in the Amazon that is able to digest polyurethane. And they're edible.

So mushrooms eat plastic, we eat mushrooms, now we only need to close the circle by making plastic out of poop

http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-...rooms-17613821

http://www.badaward.nl/fungi-mutariu...n-toxic-waste/

But still, too good to be true ??
Plastic has the same components as sugar or fat, so it's plausable that the mushrooms completely re-arange the C H and O in the plastic. If it only ingests it, then they really haven't done anything.

01-08-15, 05:48 PM	#1
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Introducing plastic eating edible mushrooms It seem they discovered a species of mushrooms in the Amazon that is able to digest polyurethane. And they're edible. So mushrooms eat plastic, we eat mushrooms, now we only need to close the circle by making plastic out of poop http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-...rooms-17613821 http://www.badaward.nl/fungi-mutariu...n-toxic-waste/ But still, too good to be true ?? Plastic has the same components as sugar or fat, so it's plausable that the mushrooms completely re-arange the C H and O in the plastic. If it only ingests it, then they really haven't done anything.