Is the plastic entirely dissolved in the process? I feel like the cookie wouldnt be edible otherwise. If we can turn plastic into fat sugar whatever with yeast, that'd be THE news. So i guess something is missing here?

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that's what the yeast does, mostly. It eats broken down PET and creates fats and other stuff that is actually in food. They also state the process costs $60 per kg and we produce so much waste it cant be considered a solution to our trash crisis.

Read the article bro

[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i read it. Its thin. Why is it so expensive? how much heat is needed for how long?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Not much heat. Yeast can't live above 37C.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. I know we're fond of corn around these parts, but there aren't little plastic corn kernels in the microbial poo. Unprocessed plastic molecules would eventually get eaten by another organism in the vat.