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This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] faede@mander.xyz 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Growing more dairy cows for plastic alternatives seems very much a big step backward.

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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago

If it can use milk that would otherwise be thrown out, due to contamination or expiration, that wouldn't be so bad.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

Milk protein can be grown in labs now:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/24/first-lab-grown-whole-cows-milk-to-debut-in-the-us/

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