A new £14 million research center in the UK will use tiny organisms to transform factory waste into useful products like medicines and cosmetics. The Carbon-Loop Sustainable Biomanufacturing Hub (C-Loop) aims to create a cleaner manufacturing system that reuses materials instead of sending them to landfills. Currently, over 90% of everyday products in the UK are made using fossil fuels and unsustainable chemical processes. The C-Loop hub plans to change this by using specially engineered microorganisms – microscopic living cells – to convert carbon-rich industrial waste into valuable materials. “Amid a growing population, diminishing natural resources, and a changing climate, … Continue reading UK’s £14M Carbon-Loop Hub Uses Microbes to Turn 90% of Industrial Waste into Medicines and Cosmetics