Greek biologists create paper from bacteria
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- 28 Mar 2023
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Two Greek biologists, Panagiotis Dimitriou and Giorgos Zochios, have revolutionarily created paper from bacteria.
Panagiotis Dimitriou from Chalkida, who is continuing his studies and is a student of Medicine at the University of Ioannina, and Giorgos Zochios, from Santorini who is doing a master’s degree in Biotechnology at the EKPA, were looking for an environmentally friendly way to create paper.
Speaking to AMNA, Panagiotis Dimitriou referred to the searches and concerns for the protection of the environment.
“With Giorgos Zochios, we met as students at the Athens Uni Biology department. We were fellow students for 2 years. We immediately became friends and spent our time experimenting," he said.
"At some point, we sat down and thought, about how many trees are felled for paper, which we all use, and we thought of finding a more environmentally friendly way. Then Giorgos came up with the idea to use bacteria," Zochios added.
He pointed out that forests are being destroyed for the production of paper, saying: “We all know how important paper is in our daily lives. What we don’t know, however, is how many trees are cut down to create it.
"A kilo of paper requires 3 times its weight in trees. Imagine, that for Greece alone, this means that a forest 10 times the size of Mount Parnitha is cut down every year. Today about 15 billion trees are cut down or burned every year and of those, only 5 billion are replanted or regrown on their own. Read More…
