Food waste

Thanks to the addition of food dyes, the tees are available in a number of colors – not just lobster red

Good Thinking

Discarded lobster shells hit the greens as biodegradable golf tees

What do lobsters and golf have in common? Apparently, lobster shells! Researchers at the University of Maine have found a way to turn them into affordable and environmentally friendly golf tees.

Although it's called salty whey, a byproduct from the dairy industry contains sugar that can be converted into bioethanol via a new process

Energy

Dairy waste could be a sweet new source of biofuel

For centuries, humans have obtained fuel from the remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago, seawater, decaying biomass and now, from cow's milk ... or more accurately, salty whey, a by-product produced during the manufacture of cheese.

Chemistry

Yeast that makes food from plastic could solve two problems with one cookie

A protein-rich cookie made from plastic and agricultural waste could help solve two serious problems facing future generations, according to a team presenting results from their NASA-funded project at the Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society.