Scientists at the University of Leicester are planning to turn eggshells into plastics that could be used to manufacture anything from food packaging to construction materials.
The department of chemistry at the university is looking at how to extract glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) proteins from eggshells. Gags are used in many biomedical applications and scientists hope that they will prove useful in pharmaceuticals. It will develop a post-treatment process to convert the eggshell into a starch-based plastic, test the mechanical properties, including the…
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