609069 external_news 1532731517 1532731517 Scientists hope to add another eco-friendly choice to the field of non-plastic packaging: wrap made from crab carcasses. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been working on a flexible packaging material comprised of alternating layers of chitin, the primary component of crustacean shells, and cellulose, the main fiber found in green plants. The product is remarkably similar in texture and appearance to the common petroleum-derived plastic used in soda bottles and potato chip bags—and it might even work better at keeping food fresh. College of Sciences' chemist John Reynolds is a coauthor of the paper in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 

 

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