March 19, 2024
For a sustainable future, it's important to replace regular plastics with eco-friendly options. The EU project DEEP PURPLE investigates using wastewater as a source of biomass to make circular, eco-friendly products using Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB). Along with creating bio-fertilizer, ectoine, and self-healing concrete, the project also works on getting biodegradable plastics from liquid and solid waste in wastewater and this is how they do it.