zebra mussels turned into

[Lee Borgersen]

  Can zebra mussels be turned into glass?



 


Well they're pretty dang good at knicking/cutting up fishing line, so sorta makes sense:


A group of color and material design students from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI has taken 2 invasive species of mussels and transformed them into a useful resource.


> "The design team...proposes using zebra and quagga mussels -- invasive to the USA's Great Lakes ecosystem -- as a source of calcium carbonate and colorant in the creation of region specific soda lime glass. The project seeks to transform these species from an ecological threat to an over-abundant regional resource that can be harvested and used for artisanal and industrial glass and ceramic applications."


Who'd uh-thunk.

Video.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=dxR3NBQA6kc&feature=emb_logo

[Leech~~]

That would be great but the cost of collecting them to make a large diff in the system maybe a bit high?  Plus, I can just see the DNR not approving removal and transporting them out of a lake as some big issue?     

[LPS]

Ya I agree if they had a truck load every day or two to mix in it may work.  To go pick them to do this sounds like a Nike type thing.  If you can pay people 3 cents an hour it may work. 

[glenn57]

If the fishery people have anything to do with this they'd tell Yea to do it yourself. worthless out fit.

[Gunner55]

 

If the fishery people have anything to do with this they'd tell Yea to do it yourself. worthless out fit.