Israeli scientists use waste in battle against virus

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Researchers have developed a low-cost method to turn it into ethanol for use as sanitisers. FMTNews Israel Covid19

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Professor Hadas Mamane of Tel Aviv University and her team have been working for the past five years on recycling waste and transforming it into alcohol. “Here we have paper residue from a factory, some straw from a zoo and grass collected from Tel Aviv municipality,” Mamame said in her laboratory.Ethanol has long been produced from vegetable sources such as sugar cane or corn, but in a complex and costly procedure.

“We manage to show that we can produce ethanol in a simple and green way, respectful of the environment, that doesn’t generate toxins,” said Mamane.

 

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