Packet of Fungi Inside New Diapers Breaks Them Down in Landfill Turning it to Mycelium

Recent discoveries in microbial digestion of plastic have finally left the lab and entered the real world in the form of HIRO diapers, the world’s first diaper manufactured to be eaten by fungi. Every year, over 18 billion diapers are discarded into US landfills—and if they aren’t manufactured with natural cellulose, then they’re going to […] The post Packet of Fungi Inside New Diapers Breaks Them Down in Landfill Turning it to Mycelium appeared first on Good News Network.

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