U.S. bases of the future are supposed to be self-sustaining. But they produce over 7 pounds of waste per day, per soldier. And the Pentagone even adds that a whole heap of "personnel, fuel, and critical transport equipment are needed to support the removal and disposal" of such waste.

So Darpa has just given "gene synthesis" company DNA2.0 a grant to
give the junk a second life, by turning the plastic waste into fuel.

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