Promising degradable plastic, created from shrimp shells (news.harvard.edu) 5 points by sinned 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] jqm 12y ago ↗ 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.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 17.6 ms ] threadHow 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.