New Fabrics Grown in Fermenting Tanks Could Stop Tiny Plastic Fibres Polluting World’s Oceans
16th February 2019
Dr Melik Demirel has been leading a project at Pennsylvania State University growing new fibres in large fermentation tanks using the same substances that make up natural materials.
“We are developing different types of protein-based fibres, similar to silk and wool and so on,” said Dr Demirel.