Future Food: Mealworms can eat styrofoam as part of their diet. A Dark Overlord Toofer... reduce plastic waste AND feed the planet at the same time!
Styrofoam eating meals worms...Safe for dinner?
"Campbell found that a polystyrene diet alone is not nutritious enough for mealworms, who started eating each other in the absence of other food. He added an extra food source—chicken feed—which boosted mealworm nutrition and increased their consumption of the polymer waste. Infrared analysis showed that the insects were able to break down the toxic styrene compounds, making them safe to eat."
I have no problem with Ms. Kraft's research. I have shrimp allergies so cannot eat bugs. However, I see no problem with raising the mealworms, feed them to Quail for meat and eggs! (Quail and Locusts as Food! Biblical!)
(Now he needs to study how much mealworm to feed poultry to raise a pullet, and whether you can feed them feathers and poultry parts instead of styrofoam rather than recycling poultry offal for chicken and cattle feed.)