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Our plastic addiction is spiraling out of control, but one company thinks it has a solution from a material found in nature.
New York-based biotech startup Ecovative aims to cut down on this waste with mycelium, the root-like structure of a mushroom.
The company says it has developed a way to grow mycelium into specific shapes and sizes.
The method, according to Ecovative, involves taking organic plant waste and inoculating it with mycelium.
After the mycelium grows through and around the agricultural materials, it binds them together, providing a natural alternative to packaging materials made out styrofoam.

addiction n. 成癮，上癮
• addict v. 成癮
out of control: 失控
• (be) spiraling out of control: 逐漸失控，急速失控
• New York-based: 在紐約總部的
地名+based: 以某某地方為總部，通常該地是公司初創的地方，或者是其業務上的核心地點。
• London-based company: 倫敦總部的公司
• Australia-based company: 澳大利亞總部的公司
• UK-based company: 英國總部的公司
biotech startup: 生物科技初創公司
• biotech全稱為biotechnology: 生物技術
cut down: 削減，減少使用
• He cut down on coffee.
他喝咖啡比以前減少了。
• They increased profits by cutting down the cost.
他們通過削減成本增加了贏利。
mycelium n. 菌絲體
organic adj. 有機的
• organic vegetables rice有機蔬菜 大米
inoculate vt. 接種
bind sth. together: 把某物粘合在一起（stick together）
alternative n. 替代物
• provide an alternative to sth. 提供……之外的另一種選擇
• Online banking provides an alternative to traditional banking services.
線上銀行提供了傳統銀行服務的另外一種選擇。
styrofoam n. 聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料（尤用于制造器皿）


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