PhotosJapanese Researchers Turn Food Waste Into Cement For Construction
Japanese Researchers Turn Food Waste Into Cement For Construction
Japanese researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a technology to convert food waste into "cement" for construction use, which they say is the world’s first process for making cement completely from food waste. They add that their product is nearly four-times stronger than ordinary concrete.
Updated: 01 Jun 2022 4:14 pm
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A plate and cup made from food cement are seen at the laboratory of Tokyo University in Tokyo.
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Tokyo University researchers Yuya Sakai, right, and Kota Machida pose for photos with products they made out of 'food cement' at their laboratory in Tokyo.
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37Food Cement
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Food cement made out of dried cabbage is seen at the laboratory of Tokyo University in Tokyo.
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Tokyo University researchers Yuya Sakai, left, and Kota Machida, right, check on dried vegetables and fruit peels before pulverizing them to particles at their university laboratory in Tokyo.
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57Food Cement
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Tokyo University researchers Yuya Sakai, left, and Kota Machida, right, check on dried vegetables and fruit peels before pulverizing them to particles at their university laboratory in Tokyo.
67Food Cement
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Tokyo University researchers Yuya Sakai, left, and Kota Machida, right, check on dried vegetables and fruit peels before pulverizing them to particles at their university laboratory in Tokyo.
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77Food Cement
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Chinese cabbage being dried is seen in glass flask at the laboratory of Tokyo University in Tokyo.