 it must go through “pretreatment involving extraction followed by centrifugation is necessary to separate oil from starch and ligno-cellulose” (Karmee 2017). This process takes a lot of time, energy, and can be expensive. This process is still done because of how many products wastewater can be transformed into. Wastewater can be converted into biodiesel, bio oil, bioethanol, nutrient, and animal feed. If this wastewater weren’t converted into these products, it would be released into the environment, causing bad odor and groundwater contamination. This is because “general wastewater contains high amounts of starch” (Karmee 2017). Being able to convert this waste into various other products is incredibly environmentally conscious, if done correctly.
Although the overall idea of instant ramen noodles is supposed to be positive, convenient, and affordable for the overall population, the negative effects the product has on the earth and our health are higher. Being able to consider all the factors that make up the product, it becomes easier to understand how different ingredients can become detrimental to our environment when in high consumption like they are today. By learning more about what we eat, where it came from, and how it was manufactured, we can begin to make much more conscious decisions on what we purchase.
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