eco-friendly plastic made from 'labster and crab' bark

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A British venture company has introduced a technology to make plastic from the skin leftover from eating lobsters and shrimp. It is noteworthy as a disposable plastic waste solution that has emerged as a global issue.

The Shellworks, a British startup, said it has recently developed a technology to make biodegradable and recyclable bioplastics using the shells of discarded crustaceans.


[Provides The Shellworks]

The manufacturing process is simple. First of all, the shell of crustaceans, such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp, and lobsters, is broken into small pieces to extract a substance called "kiting." The bio-plastics are then completed by mixing vinegar and melting it, then making raw materials for plastics and processing them using heat and wind.

It is made of only two ingredients, kiting, and vinegar and chemical additives are not used, so they can be reused as compost.

"Only one London lobster chain uses 375 tons (t) of lobster per year, and 125,000 kilograms of kiting can be secured," Shellworks co-founder Inshiya Jaffer said. "This is enough to produce 7.5 million plastic bags every year."


[Provides The Shellworks]

Cytene is a fibrous substance that constitutes the exoskeleton of crustaceans and the cell walls of fungi. Among the bio-materials produced on Earth, kitin is the second most common after cellulose, which forms a plant's cell wall, making it easy to supply and demand materials.

Currently, there is active research on eco-friendly products to replace plastics around the world. U.S. design firm Krem has developed a cup-shaped cultivation technology for gourds that were used as water bottles in the past. It has already secured mass production technology by applying a transparent frame printed with a 3D printer to grow into the desired shape.


[Provides The Shellworks]

British startup Skipping Rock Lab and Indonesian venture company Evorware manufacture disposable cups with seaweed ingredients.

The German venture cafe makes cups by mixing polymeric and wood after drying coffee groundswell. It can be put into a dishwasher and can be used repeatedly.

IKEA, a furniture company that declared plastic eviction within five years, introduced biodegradable mushroom packaging materials instead of styrofoam.

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