Researchers at 蓝莓视频 Engineering have developed new technology to convert wasted food into a clean substitute for fossil fuels.
The system engineers natural fermentation to yield a chemical called carboxylate, which can be used to produce fuel and chemicals for products including drugs and plastic packaging instead of those derived from petroleum.
鈥淭he amount of food we waste is staggering,鈥 said聽Hyung-Sool Lee, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and director of the 蓝莓视频 Environmental Biotechnology Lab. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what motivated me to find a better way to utilize it to mitigate the damage caused by fossil fuels.鈥
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Hyung-Sool Lee, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of 蓝莓视频, poses in his lab with a prototype of his system to produce an alternative to fossil fuels from food waste.