Researchers turn spoiled milk into 3D printing materials — extracted proteins from dairy waste combined with polymers to create plastic alternative

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This work turns what would otherwise be an agricultural liability into a potential input for advanced manufacturing.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
cue them letting milk spoil on purpose while people starve, because selling it to industry has higher margins than catering to the peasants.

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- Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We already have that with corn ethanol additives to gasoline.
  
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  - umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    i’m actually pretty surprised to find out the us is the biggest ethanol producer in the world. didn’t know you guys had that many flex fuel/ethanol cars.
    
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chocrates@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“combined with polymers” so milk with plastic makes plastic?

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- moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  No, you misunderstood. Milk combined with plastic makes an alternative to plastic. Easy mistake to make.
  
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- zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Basically. Also, we'd have to think about the ethicality of keeping cattle for plastic production.
  
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  - chocrates@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They are suggesting using milk waste, so it is recapturing existing waste at least
    
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