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We are a biotech company utilizing specific fungal species to consume synthetic material waste either leaked to the environment or stored in landfills.
Plastic waste in our envirnoment is one of the defining issues of our time. Generations that come after us will be addressing this issue whether we end up doing it or not. The amount of plastic and other material waste currently piling up in our rivers and our oceans is staggering - we produce nearly 300 million tons of plastic every year, half of that waste is for single-use products. There has only been around 75 years of plastic production - 0.93% of all human civilization - and we have already created islands of plastic trash in the ocean twice the size of Texas. Plastic waste is so ubiquitous in nature that organisms are now creating their own ecosystems and food chains - and poisoning themselves. This behavior is unsustainable, unhealthy, wasteful, and irresponsible. To have not thought about the entire use cycle of disposable products before the factory was built is a reckless fallacy of human ingenuity. It’s time to use that ingenuity to own our predicament before ecosystems that we depend on go extinct. Mycelio is a legacy venture - we will make great strides but not solve this in our lifetime - but we don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
11/23/2017
Sometimes we aren't aware of how much plastic we are using - ever pay attention to your food packaging? Here's an example of an admirable effort to limit plastic waste on a big holiday.
An (Almost) Plastic-Free Thanksgiving Holiday Meal » My Plastic-free Life Living Life with Less Plastic since 2007.
11/22/2017
This Thursday, learn how can help solve the problems we throw away.
Using Fungus to Consume Plastic Waste - DIF 2017 The Disruptive Innovation Festival is an online festival of ideas that asks the question: what if we could redesign everything? During the DIF, we’ll ...
11/20/2017
These are the kinds of ideas we can get behind - Sea2see is helping your style AND the planet.
Plastic waste from the ocean is being turned into designer sunglasses and they look fantastic Off the coast of Catalonia, an intriguing experiment in the circular economy is taking place. Dozens of fishing vessels are heading out to sea and bringing back tonnes of plastic waste alongside…
11/11/2017
11/11/2017
https://www.thinkdif.co/sessions/using-fungus-to-consume-plastic-waste
Using Fungus to Consume Plastic Waste - DIF 2017 In this session, Mycelio co-founder Rick Plautz will describe the pioneering process they have developed for plastic waste consumption, starting with ...
10/13/2017
"Last November, I found Mike on LinkedIn and asked him to meet me over a beer about a business idea I had. Here we are, less than a year later." - Rick
10/13/2017
The Mycelio team has arrived in for ! We're here to discuss the global crisis of plastic waste with innovative leaders from around the world.
![Mycelio - [Update] First Experiment](https://img3.findglocal.com/672/565/1869243996725653.jpg)
09/10/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Dc9GvBucc
Mycelio - [Update] First Experiment A video update of our progress growing the fungal species pestalotiopsis microspora so we can start consuming the synthetic material polyurethane.
09/08/2017
Sea salt around the world is contaminated by plastic, studies show
Sea salt around the world is contaminated by plastic, studies show Exclusive: New studies find microplastics in salt from the US, Europe and China, adding to evidence that plastic pollution is pervasive in the environment
06/26/2017
Here's what we're trying to do at the Mycelio.
https://vimeo.com/223024808
Mycelio Company Intro Mycelio will develop an enzymatic process for polyurethane waste consumption. https://mycel.io
06/02/2017
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