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Our Changing World for Thursday 4 October 2018

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  • From poo to plastic

    science health
    Daniel Gapes has been working on a compact, low-energy way of breaking down human waste using heat and pressure. And microbiologist Suren Wijeyekoon is using the resulting waste and microbes to make bioplastic.

    9:06 PM.Scion scientists are developing ways to safely convert human faecal waste into bioplastic. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 4 October 2018

    technology science

    9:05 PM.Scientists at Scion are developing ways of treating human waste to make it safe, then using it to make bioplastic. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 27 September 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 11 October 2018
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