{"id":132247,"date":"2024-07-09T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/startup-uses-fungi-to-turn-construction-waste-and-old-tires-into-new-kind-of-plastic-we-train-mushrooms-to-eat-trash\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T08:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:00:48","slug":"startup-uses-fungi-to-turn-construction-waste-and-old-tires-into-new-kind-of-plastic-we-train-mushrooms-to-eat-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/startup-uses-fungi-to-turn-construction-waste-and-old-tires-into-new-kind-of-plastic-we-train-mushrooms-to-eat-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup uses fungi to turn construction waste and old tires into new kind of plastic: \u2018We train mushrooms to eat trash\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132247\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>A CEO is giving new meaning to the term &#8220;magic mushrooms,&#8221; and it could prove to be a boon for the planet. As detailed by TechCrunch, Joanne Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of Mycocycle, which was founded in 2018, wants to use mushrooms to turn trash into treasure \u2014 or at least into usable materials. Mushrooms are natural recyclers that break down organic materials like dead trees, leaves, roots, and other plant parts and recycle the nutrients for living growing plants. Mycocycle is a startup that uses fungi&#8217;s natural tendency to decompose waste and recycles it into plastic-like polymers that can replace polluting products.<\/p>\n<p>The company uses white-rot mushrooms chosen for their natural ability to break down materials produced using oil and gas, which means it didn&#8217;t have to genetically modify them. Rodriguez told TechCrunch the mushrooms work on all kinds of waste, including paper, rubber, and nylon. The company&#8217;s website explains that the mushrooms&#8217; mycelial networks reduce the toxicity of the materials while transforming them via biosorption, bioconversion, and biodegredation.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting naturally occurring material is fire- and water-resistant, insulative, durable, and lightweight, making it the perfect sustainable raw material for the building industry. The circular process reduces planet-warming pollution, and the result is a product that can be sold as opposed to waste a company would have to pay to dispose of.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/magic-mushrooms-trash-waste-biodegradable\/\">The Cool Down<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/1-553\/\">Startup uses fungi to turn construction waste and old tires into new kind of plastic: &#8216;We train mushrooms to eat trash&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15204,575,9827,694],"class_list":["post-132247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-waste","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-fungi","tag-plastic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}