Ireland's waters are thriving with sea life, however in restaurants, the shells of seafood are considered waste, with the majority sent to landfill. Mara is a bioplastic, derived from chitosan extracted from discarded prawn exoskeletons. The intent is to draw awareness to this issue by replacing common ocean polluting plastics with the bioplastic material. Mara, which comes from the Gaeilge, bia mara (seafood), sets out to create value from a waste stream while also producing functional single-use eating utensils.
