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Sustainability in Your Ear Transcript: Star's Tech Hando Choi On Inventing A Low-Carbon, Low-Chloride De-Icer Made From Star Fish

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Nov 24, 2025

Sustainability in Your Ear Transcript: Star's Tech Hando Choi On Inventing A Low-Carbon, Low-Chloride De-Icer Made From Star Fish

How do you solve a multi-billion dollar infrastructure and vehicle corrosion problem—and launch a skincare product line—using an invasive starfish that is typically thrown back into the sea by fishing fleets? Star's Tech found a use for every part of a creature that does damage to Korean shellfish farms.

Mitch Ratcliffe
Mitch Ratcliffe

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A project of Mitch Ratcliffe and the team that brought you Earth911, this site is a record of what we learn living on the banks of Elk Creek in Southern Oregon. Enjoy commentary, photos and videos, and our ideas and recommendations about how to live lightly on the land to restore a healthy relationship with nature.

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