4 January 202311 January 2023 Wood and CuanTec to accelerate circular economy solutions in the UK Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries
28 November 201925 November 2019 Spanish Researchers Produce Straws Made of Bacterial Bioplastic Although bioplastics such as PHA are more expensive than conventional plastics, European markets might increasingly welcome them
12 November 20197 November 2019 This Biotech Turns Seafood Waste into Packaging Using Microbes Start-up CuanTec processes chitin into chitosan, a biodegradable material that could replace plastic in applications such as food packaging
