UC San Diego chemistry lab is making flip-flops from Algae as they create renewable and biodegradable...
UC San Diego chemistry professor Michael Burkart (R) is seen in a lab where he and his students are making algae into flip-flops after inventing a way to make renewable and biodegradable polyurethanes from algae they grow in a greenhouse on campus in UC San Diego, in San Diego, California, U.S., August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake