After working the land locally for a quarter of a century, he watched in despair as Fukushima Prefecture, where Minamisoma is located, licensed an industrial - waste processing plant close to his five - acre farm. (scientificamerican.com)
«Imagine that the tons of metal waste discarded every year could be used to provide energy storage for the renewable energy grid of the future, instead of becoming a burden for waste processing plants and the environment,» said Cary Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University. (news.vanderbilt.edu)
The food, somehow, makes it into the food waste processing plant, gets turned into cow feed, is digested by a cow that is then slaughtered and ends up on the very same researcher's plate three days later while he's on a blind date. (nerdlocker.com)