Food Waste Costs the US $218Billion Yearly – But Some Could Be Turned into Edible Cement
June 2, 2022 2:00PM CDT
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Tokyo University Researchers Turn Food Waste into Cement Which Is 4X Stronger – and Edible
In the quest for sustainable materials, two Tokyo University researchers have created an edible cement made of food waste.
This is the world’s first process for making a building material like cement entirely from food waste.
Researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai say the tensile strength of their product is four times that of ordinary concrete.
The hope is that spoiled food can be used for sustainable materials. See more, here: (Associated Press)
Meanwhile, the University of Colorado at Boulder offers these facts from its Environmental Center:
- Reducing the amount of food waste we produce would mean the less resources we would need to actually produce our food.
- Food waste costs the United States approximate $218 billion every year
- Reducing food waste will reduce methane emissions from landfills
- Currently, 12 million American households are considered food insecure. Reducing food waste by just 15% would provide enough food to feed 25 million more people.
- The food production industry in the United States uses 15.7% of the total energy budget, 50% of all land, and 80% of all freshwater.
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