By: Chris Ye

Researchers at the University of Tokyo came up with a way to turn food waste into “edible cement” in order to recycle food.

This kind of “cement” can be made from neither thrown away, nor just haven’t been eaten food waste such as cabbage leaves, coffee grounds, banana peels, onion, orange peels, tea leaves, and pumpkin. These ingredients make blocks that have different durability. After testing each ingredient, the researchers claimed that the cement made with the cabbage leaves made the hardest brick, nearly four times harder than cement.

Japanese researchers claimed that the only steps for making these blocks are to mold the dried waste into a powder, which is then pressed into a mold, and turned into a block of “edible cement.”

It can also be turned into food again; all you must do is break it up into small pieces and boil it!

According to an article by the organization, TheWorldCounts wrote, 1.3 billion tons of food, which is one-third of the total food eaten, are wasted each year. this amount of food is about enough to feed 19 million people for one year. It is also responsible for 10% of the Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Unlike cement, edible alternatives are biodegradable. This means that it will take up less space in landfills compared to cement, which is really helpful for humans because we need space and need more resources.

In amazon, you can find goods such as “edible clay”, “edible adhesive”, and “edible chalk”. These unique goods are not proven to be recycled by wasted food, but we can be sure the world has started to eat these “edible cement.”