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Building with fungi
Companies are growing packaging from mycelium that is easy to compost. And a team is creating a fungal home that will sense when it鈥檚 dark and switch the lights on.
Companies are growing light and durable packaging from mycelium that is easy to compost. Another team in Europe is creating a fungal home, which will sense when it鈥檚 dark and switch the lights on. And researchers in the UK are developing strains of fungi that won鈥檛 just replace plastic, but eat it as well.
Produced and presented by Claire Bates
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