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This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Couldn't we use some yeast or e-coli instead of cows?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

I would hope so, but no dairy alternative has seemed to replicate milk protein properly. But I'm sure there will be q day to replicate it almost exactly as it is.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

There's already mushroom packaging, I can't imagine it would be much of a leap to plates.