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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by pstuart on Saturday February 03, 2024 @03:17PM (#39244320)
This is great and it would be nice to see it done sustainably (and hopefully supporting small businesses to do it).

But there are risks: https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-16-0408-F...

Another interesting option in this realm is mycelium, which could be better scaled on an industrial level.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by Terr_ on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:00PM (#39244692)
I, for one, welcome our industrial biological process overlords.

(Especially in the cases where it supplants the more traditional kind that involves lots of animal cruelty.)

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by voakbasda on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:34PM (#39244970)
When it comes to industrial processes, I have zero faith that a biological alternative will end up being better than synthetics, in the same way how certified organic products are still allowed to use “approved” chemicals, many of which are even more toxic or harmful than the conventional solutions they are meant to replace.
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