Tastes something like Vanilla
A lot of the vanilla flavoring – or vanillin – used in the food industry has never actually ever been inside a vanilla bean. The global demand for vanillin is much, much more than what natural vanilla beans could ever provide, so producers had to improvise. Wouldn’t it be great if we could make more vanillin easily while at the same time cutting down on plastic bottle waste? Good news, now we can. U of Edinburgh discoveries showed that we could turn bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PTE) into something called terephthalic acid. Apart from plastic bottles, it’s used to make drugs, paints, and military smoke grenades. Researchers from Edinburgh found that it’s possible to turn terephthalic acid into vanillin. All you need is some E. coli like from sewers. “Our work challenges the perception of plastic being a problematic waste and instead demonstrates its use as a new carbon resource from which high-value products can be made.”
Recycled Humor
We all have to do our part for the environment. And there are many different ways one can save energy. I normally use the couch.
Recycling in the UK is getting very serious…
Even our illegal immigrants are being shipped in reusable containers.
Did you hear about the new brand of glasses coming out this year that are made entirely from recycled ketchup bottles?
Heinz-Sight 2020
After 3 months of lockdown, I was thinking a bit about Bin Laden. He stayed at home
with 3 wives for 5 years. I’m beginning to suspect he called the Navy Seals himself.
June 22nd Birthdays
1949 – Meryl Streep, 1953 – Cindy Lauper, 1960 – Tracy Pollan, 1973 – Lacy Goranson
1936 – Kris Kristofferson, 1987 – Lee Min Ho, 1947 – Don Henley, 2000 – Sam Retford
Morning Motivator:
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”