Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic? Scientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments

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“Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic?”
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“| Headline Science Watch on For now, no one is eating the cookies.”
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““We produce 400 million tons a year of plastic waste.”
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“Most of them said they would consume µBites in resource-limited contexts.”
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““The way to address that, I believe, is by using microbes.” Not everyone’s convinced.”
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“These Scientists Are Working Tirelessly to Bring Them Relief August 31, 2026 Margherita Bassi is a freelance journalist and trilingual storyteller.”
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“Jayakody hopes the cookies will be ready for public consumption within a few years and that they could one day help reduce world hunger.”
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Frase de exemploJayakody hopes the cookies will be ready for public consumption within a few years and that they could one day help reduce world hunger.
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“You’re not going to turn it all into cookies,” Hallet tells New Scientist ’s Matthew Sparkes.”
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Frase de exemploYou’re not going to turn it all into cookies,” Hallet tells New Scientist ’s Matthew Sparkes.
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“The innovative snacks could one day come in handy during deep-space crewed missions or in disaster zones, and they could even help address world hunger.”
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Frase de exemploThe innovative snacks could one day come in handy during deep-space crewed missions or in disaster zones, and they could even help address world hunger.
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“Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic?”
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“Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic?”
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“Scientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites.”
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Frase de exemploScientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites.
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Frase de exemploScientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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“Still, with the cookies, “it’s important to note that humans aren’t eating raw plastic,” Forbes reporter Mary Whitfill Roeloffs tells James Coomarasamy on the BBC’s “ Global News Podcast .” The plastics are being broken down into nutritional molecules, which go into the food, she notes.”
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Frase de exemploStill, with the cookies, “it’s important to note that humans aren’t eating raw plastic,” Forbes reporter Mary Whitfill Roeloffs tells James Coomarasamy on the BBC’s “ Global News Podcast .” The plastics are being broken down into nutritional molecules, which go into the food, she notes.
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“µBites are safe to eat, according to the researchers’ data, but the team still needs the institutional green light before they can carry out taste tests.”
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“Scientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites.”
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Frase de exemploScientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites.
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“The innovative snacks could one day come in handy during deep-space crewed missions or in disaster zones, and they could even help address world hunger.”
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Frase de exemploThe innovative snacks could one day come in handy during deep-space crewed missions or in disaster zones, and they could even help address world hunger.
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“Since the original work, Sandhya Jayasekara , a microbiologist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has programmed yeasts to convert broken-down plastics and agricultural waste into even more cookie ingredients.”
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Frase de exemploSince the original work, Sandhya Jayasekara , a microbiologist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has programmed yeasts to convert broken-down plastics and agricultural waste into even more cookie ingredients.
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“But the goods presented at the conference earlier this month went a step further.”
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“On August 24, a team presented µBites (pronounced “microbites”), edible cookies made from upcycled plastic, at the American Chemical Society Fall 2026 meeting in Chicago.”
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Frase de exemploOn August 24, a team presented µBites (pronounced “microbites”), edible cookies made from upcycled plastic, at the American Chemical Society Fall 2026 meeting in Chicago.
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“It involves using water and oxygen at high temperature and pressure to turn carbon-based waste materials, including PET bottles and biomass like corn plant stalks, into smaller molecules.”
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“Jayakody hopes the cookies will be ready for public consumption within a few years and that they could one day help reduce world hunger.”
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Frase de exemploJayakody hopes the cookies will be ready for public consumption within a few years and that they could one day help reduce world hunger.
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“We’re not gonna be eating plastic cookies.” Stephen Wallace , a chemist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland who also wasn’t involved in the work, was more diplomatic.”
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““We’re using microbes to develop the cookie into a more attractive, consumer-friendly product,” Jayasekara, who presented the research at the ACS meeting, says in a statement .”
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““The way to address that, I believe, is by using microbes.” Not everyone’s convinced.”
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“Her work has appeared in publications including BBC Travel, Discover magazine, Live Science , Atlas Obscura and Hidden Compass .”
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