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BioPROTEIN (Biological Plastic Reuse by Olefin and Ester Transforming Engineered Isolates and Natural Consortia), is a four year project starting in 2020 that aims to refine a method of chemical and high heat (pyrolysis) deconstruction of plastic waste that enables it to be converted into protein powder and lubricants.

The process of taking plastic waste and converting it into protein powder and lubricant. Image Credit: Steve Techtmann/Michigan Tech

Collaborators

BioPROTEIN is a collaboration between Steve Techtmann, a professor of biological sciences, chemical engineers Rebecca Ong and David Shonnard and materials engineer Joshua Pearce at Michigan Technological University and Ting Lu, professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hardware Designs

Publications

In the News

  1. From Plastic to Protein Powder MTU News 21.3k
    1. Mirage News 87.2k
    2. The National Tribune (Australia)
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