Georgia Tech uses crabs, trees to create new plastic wrap

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  • Professor John Reynolds Professor John Reynolds
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Today more and more companies are shunning plastic straws. But Georgia Tech researchers may have a solution: crabs. John Reynolds of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry co-authored the wildly popular study that documents the creation of a thin film that loooks like plastic, but is actually made from tree fibers and crab shells. Find more coverage at Athens Banner-Herald.

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College of Sciences, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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College of Sciences, crabs, john reynolds, biodegradable, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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  • Created By: mrosten3
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 20, 2018 - 2:36pm
  • Last Updated: Aug 22, 2018 - 9:35am