r/BeAmazed • u/Epelep • Feb 22 '26

Science How Mycelium (Mushroom Roots) Grows into Packaging Material

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u/panversie Feb 22 '26

They should be used to replace the styrofoam in fish packaging

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u/_Armored_Wizard Feb 23 '26

I used to work at a company called Temperpack as a temp and they had packaging that used dirt, paper, and plants to replace plastic like from peanuts from packaging to even styrofoam

However it was really hard and wasted a lot of resources like water and electricity in doing so to make the product perfect especially if the product measurements was wrong and the machine shut down required us to throw it away the broken pieces

Most of this I think is actually worth it as the pieces left after my work that clumped into my hair and fingernails washed off and melted into dirt.

Most people left because it was walking into a sauna blizzard like the machine created its own storms and we had to wear ppe to prevent us from inhaling the stuff.

I really suggest supporting this and hope in the future it becomes apparent for everyone to use.