Can crab shells and trees replace plastic?
An eco-friendly material made from crab shells and trees could replace plastic food packaging, according to US researchers. The material – made by spraying alternating layers of crab-shell chitin and tree cellulose onto a surface – is described in a paper in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.
Like plastic, when dried the material is tough, malleable and transparent. Unlike plastic, it is also biodegradable. READ MORE…
Published in Cosmos Magazine
