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		moffkalast on May 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is our hidden consumption of microplastics do... > Maybe one of the human gut bacteria could be modified to also produce this enzyme? Fantastic, now I can not only eat the food, but also the packaging! Can we get one for cellulose too? Then we can eat pizza while it's still in the box.

sp332 on May 19, 2022 | [–]

You can, there are cellulase enzymes sold for human consumption. I don't know how much cellulose you'd be able to eat in one sitting, though. Cellulase is pretty slow.

krageon on May 19, 2022 | [–]

And for keratin, so nail biting becomes a type of recycling.

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