This ceramic-like material is made from recycled crab and lobster shells collected from food waste bins at London seafood restaurants "Burger & Lobster" and "Beast." After gathering the shells, they're cleaned, dried, and ground into a powder. This powder is then mixed with bio-resin and poured into molds. Bio-resin is environmentally friendly, as it is derived from renewable sources and reduces reliance on petroleum-based products. It is biodegradable, breaking down naturally and minimizing environmental impact. Additionally, bio-resin is versatile and can be used in a wide range of applications, offering comparable strength and durability to traditional resins. By transforming food waste this way, we can significantly reduce seafood waste, which otherwise takes a long time to break down in landfills. Impressively, a single restaurant can produce over 1,000 shells each day.
You can see the difference between crab shell and lobster shell sample difference. Crab shell has more pink tone and lobster one is more orange.
