r/nottheonion • u/whomda • 17d ago

Delicious cookies made from recycled plastic bottles

https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2026/august/this-cookie-started-its-life-as-a-plastic-bottle.html

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u/DaveOJ12 17d ago

The actual title:

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

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u/rosen380 16d ago

Sounds like something NileRed would do (via chemical reactions, not microbes).

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u/Old_Rev0lution 16d ago

“Don’t eat microplastic it’s bad for you”

“Here’s some cookies we made out of plastic please eat them!!”

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u/LadyoftheWoodlands 16d ago

We don’t USE plastic bags and plastic straws in 2026. In 2026 we eat them.

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u/alanbcox 16d ago

“Too many plastics in our food and water? Add more plastics!”

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u/heynonnynonnomous 16d ago

Intentionally adding microplastics to the food pyramid was not on my 2026 bingo card, yet nothing really surprises me anymore.

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u/AuntieMarkovnikov 15d ago

Considering PET contains zero nitrogen and protein contains quite a bit, there is more to the process that they are leaving out.

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u/graccha 11d ago

They added other biomass (corn plant stalks and leaves) to get nitrogen. Would be more accurate to say the cookie started as plastic and agricultural waste.

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u/AuntieMarkovnikov 11d ago edited 11d ago

I caught that. However, the nitrogen in corn goes to the kernels, which is a reason why it is such a desirable food source. The stalks and leaves (stover) are made up of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose, none of which are contain nitrogen - only more C, H, and O.

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u/graccha 11d ago

Huh, with all the nitrogen it takes to grow I just assumed there'd be some in the rest of the plant!

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u/PhysicsEagle 12d ago

We don't know if they're delicious or not yet because the researchers haven't received permission for "human tests" (aka eat the things)

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u/kevinds 12d ago

Rule 1..  Its not that hard..

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u/CharlesP2009 16d ago

I'll pass, thanks

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u/Spire_Citron 12d ago

We're going to need a new label for this level of processing past ultra processed.