Commentary: Scientists Around the World Are Working to Turn Agricultural Waste Into Food, Packaging and More

For every kilogram of cacao beans, farmers produce about 24 times the amount of biomass. In order to tackle this issue, researchers in Colombia created new products from this “waste” material. The new products range from beer to pudding and nutraceuticals. Andrew Wight, for Ensia, wrote this piece where he discovers projects around the world that turn waste into new products.

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