Promising degradable plastic, created from shrimp shells(news.harvard.edu)

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Promising degradable plastic, created from shrimp shells

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/05/promising-solution-to-plastic-pollution/

2 comments

This is great!

jqm12 lat temu

One question...

How many shrimp will it take to supply a city the size of LA with plastic?

It's a neat idea in theory and for niche applications. But I don't see (unfortunately) petroleum based plastics going anywhere soon.