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Illinois study explores feasibility of creating sustainable jet fuel from food waste

Sabrina Summers and Yuanhui Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, hold vials of the sustainable aviation fuel developed in their lab. / SOURCE: University of Illinois

July 1, 2026

BY University of Illinois

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