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Rancid beer grains

Posted by Robin on 19 December 2009 8 Comments

At Seattle's Blue Marble Energy, chemists are cooking up a perfume made from the waste products of a local organic brewery, including rancid beer grains, green algae and a "sludge" consisting of 50,000 different kinds of bacteria.

The grains replace petroelum in the production process making the perfume, called Eos, completely carbon neutral.

— From A beer powered perfume? Hoppy Holidays! at Seattle's King 5, where you'll also find a video news clip on the subject. Many thanks to Andrea for the tip!

Filed Under: perfume in the news

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  1. Robin R. says:
    19 December 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Now THAT’S recycling. ;-)

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    • Robin says:
      19 December 2009 at 1:53 pm

      Yes!

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  2. Tama says:
    19 December 2009 at 2:39 pm

    If it smells good, more power to ’em, and I’ll definitely support it if I can!

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    • Robin says:
      19 December 2009 at 8:32 pm

      :-)

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  3. Kari says:
    19 December 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Buying a locally produced or niche parfum that doesn’t advertise as much probably saves more petroleum, but I love the idea!

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    • Robin says:
      19 December 2009 at 8:32 pm

      I think this is mostly sold locally (?)

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  4. Absolute Scentualist says:
    19 December 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Wow. Takes recycling to an entirely new level. When I first thought of beer and perfume, I had to think of my college days. Throw in a splash of coffee and some Dior (I think that and No. 5 were what I was wearing then) and voilah! lol Not so sure I’d want to smell like that again…

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    • Robin says:
      19 December 2009 at 8:33 pm

      I don’t want to smell like that again either!

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