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Apr 13, 2011

This Biodegradable Golf Ball Is Made From a Lobster

Lobsters! Not only do they have delicious meat, their shells have use too! Researchers at the University of Maine have developed a biodegradable golf ball from lobster shells.

The material of the golf ball is made from crushed lobster shells with a biodegradable binder and coating. Lobster shells are a great resource to tap into as most of the stuff just heads to landfills (no one has a need for red shells, I guess). The balls work with both drivers and irons and flies a "similar distance to other biodegradable balls", though not as far as real balls. Which is okay!

15 comments:

  1. edApril 13, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    recycling is good

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  2. 123April 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    i'd feel guilty hitting it with a golf club

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  3. Aamir MuhammadApril 13, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Poor lobsters are TIGER FOOD now

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  4. Scruffy NemesisApril 13, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    I love when they make stuff biodegradable.

    Cool post!

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  5. JimApril 13, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Very great idea! There needs to be more biodegradable items in this world so we can have less waste.

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  6. JasonApril 13, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    very eco-friendly! i'll have to get my dad a set

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  7. Painkiller!April 13, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Wow!
    Balls made out of lobsters

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  8. DerpFilesApril 13, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    My golf score is more important than the environment

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  9. ZombieApril 13, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Can I dip it in butter and eat it?

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  10. N4M3L3SSApril 14, 2011 at 12:18 AM

    i want to eat one!

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  11. AnonymousApril 14, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    Soon they'll just start growing golf balls in vats.

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  12. NopeApril 14, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    Biodegradable golf balls is actually an amazing idea, and making them out of lobster shells is even better. Shame they can't make them fly as well as real ones though.

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  13. derApril 14, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    They should've made these balls red. Made from cooked lobsters after all plus a person could more easily tell they were the biodegradeable kind.

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  14. JayApril 14, 2011 at 3:57 AM

    recycled goodness. :D

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  15. chupyApril 14, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    that sounds expensive

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