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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sarah Ward

DARK SECRETS: Whisky waste and fungi turned into compostable packaging - The Real Truth

The project uses by-products from the whisky industry (Euan Cherry/PA) - (PA Archive)

Whisky by-products and fungi have been used to create compostable packaging tipped as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic.

Arbikie Distillery in Montrose, Angus, partnered with academics to use mycelium, the root structure of fungi, and distillery by-products such as spent grain.

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