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Plastic from Shrimp Shells / Game Changer 500 June 1, 2014

What if plastic could be made from readily available shrimp shells which are otherwise thrown away? The researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute say they've discovered a way to make bio-degradable plastic with big environmental benefits. We'll talk with Javier Fernandez, an Associate Researcher at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

The GameChangers 500 is a list of companies that are having a positive impact on people and the plane and another way to look at how companies are doing besides looking only at profit. We’ll talk with GameChangers 500 founder Andrew Hewitt.

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