Growing more dairy cows for plastic alternatives seems very much a big step backward.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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If it can use milk that would otherwise be thrown out, due to contamination or expiration, that wouldn't be so bad.
Milk protein can be grown in labs now:
Milk isn't a term just for dairy, you can do this with plants too
For example, Soy or Hemp milk would be good candidates for industrial processing
Maybe, but this article is about making plastic with casein which is from mammal milk.
That has to be the first non-vegan fork ever made.
Typical vegan, thinking that petroleum based is better than animal based.
Didn't say it was, also I'm not a vegan. But you do realize there are options that are neither petroleum nor animal-based?
No, I wasn't targetting you, even remotely. Was just pissed at how polyurethane is often marketted as "vegan leather" despite being more environmentally destructive than the usual cow leather.
My casein allergy does not approve.
Were... Were you planning on eating the plastic?
Nope, but as microplastics always seem to leech into your food/live/earth, I would expect some of them to end up in my food.