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This biotech startup uses methane-eating bacteria to create fully biodegradable polymers.
Mango Materials is a biotech startup from San Francisco that has come up with an ingenious method for transforming methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into plastic. The process involves feeding methane to bacteria, which then produce a biodegradable polymer (polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA). This polymer can be spun into polyester fabric and used for clothing, carpets, and possibly packaging, although the company is most focused on the garment industry right now.
The methane used by Mango Materials comes from a waste treatment plant in the Bay Area, but the company is looking at partnering with other sources of methane, such as dairy farms, in order to get more. The technology creates value for methane, which is a novel idea.
How long would it take to fart a sweater — are we talking one burrito, or two?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @11:45AM (4 children)
Polyester leisure suits return to fashion. Senior citizens rejoice.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 07 2017, @03:28PM (2 children)
No, no, no! You've got to get the terminology right. It's DOUBLE KNIT polyester that was all the rage. I'll admit, I paid for one. I was young and dumb and full of - - - well, we needn't go there. But, I would never have paid for a plain old polyester suit. Double knit gave it an aura of respectability.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday October 07 2017, @06:47PM
I bought a "cheap suit" after graduation - A) it was all I could afford, B) I had gone suit shopping in Europe, Miami, New York - I had a fair idea of what a good suit looked like, C) I was so thin that finding a suit that fit me was hard - so, when I saw it, in my size, I plunked down the $200 without another thought and I had myself a suit that, from 5' away (2' for old people's eyesight) looked like the finest natural materials in an elegant woven pattern.
I wore that suit to a trade show that I worked with an Italian sales guy, he had a better looking suit made of natural materials probably cost 5-10x what mine did, both were looking sharp and well pressed at the start of the first day. By the end of the first day, after sitting down with clients and at lunch, his coat was a spectacle of wrinkles, looked like he had picked it out of a pile before he put it on - mine looked identical to how it did in the morning. Next morning, he had done some pressing / repair and his coat looked sort-of like he cared acceptable, for a guy on international travel at least, mine looked identical to how it did on the first morning. I think on the 3rd day he gave up on the first coat and switched to a backup he had packed. Mine looked identical to how it did on the first morning - zero maintenance, very practical.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @06:12PM
Was it plaid?
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Saturday October 07 2017, @06:10PM
As does Larry, Larry Laffer.
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