ORONO, Maine, Sept. 16 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
A Maine lobster can end up in a roll, a bisque or a butter bath. At the University of Maine, what's left of it can now end up under a golf ball.
Researchers at UMaine are making golf tees from discarded lobster shells.
The project builds on more than a decade of UMaine research into new uses for an underutilized byproduct of Maine's lobster industry.
Maine's lobster industry generates an estimated 50,000 tons of shells each year, and some processing facilities pay to dispose of them in landfills. UMaine researchers have explored using lobster shell composites in products ranging from agricultural to temporary or single-use products.
With the golf tees, the...