Presenter
Arden Yale
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
Fungal recycling is a developing technique that turns garbage into food. To do this, the presenters created a new method of growing fungi of all different types (e.g. white oyster, lion's mane, etc.) and inoculating them into bags. These bags are sterile and contain a few key ingredients: coco coir, grain pellets, and shredded cardboard boxes. These boxes are taken from anywhere, mostly from lab equipment. Using the coco coir and grain pellets as a "starter", the fungi used the cardboard as a growing medium, literally growing food from trash. The technique is currently being refined. This project could bring about a massive change in how waste is dealt with, and contribute towards solving food inequality. The hope is to refine and perfect the idea, as well as build off of it for other environmentally impactful fungi projects (ex. optimizing how fungi clean up oil spills) in the future.
Faculty Mentor
Michael Budziszek Ph.D.
Academic Discipline
College of Engineering & Design; College of Arts & Sciences
Repository Citation
Yale, Arden and Ridgway, Alannah, "Fungal Recycling" (2025). Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium. 215.
https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/innov_symposium/215
