SWANSEA UNIVERSITY PROBES NEW USES FOR SHELLFISH WASTE.

A report on some positive "waste" news.

Quay Fresh & Frozen Foods produce 800 tonnes of crushed whelk shell waste every year, and since last December have a licence to dump some of it in the sea.

Much of this is then washed up on beaches where it can cover the shoreline and cause injuries to beach users.

Proposals for a commercially viable and environmentally better use of this waste include:

- as a media for water filtration

- as a manufacture of soil conditioners

and best of all

- as an alternative to the plastic microbeads which currently find their way into our rivers, oceans and food chain via cosmetics and cleansing products.

Brilliant.

Lets hope they achieve all three.