Could prawn shells help solve Malaysia's plastic waste problem?

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THE next time we peel prawns at the dinner table, the shells will probably go straight into the bin. We rarely give them another thought. Yet those discarded shells contain a natural material that researchers are exploring as a possible ingredient for biodegradable plastics. At Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Engineering, researchers have investigated how prawn

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