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Banana BioplasticAs fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the protection they need is provided by their flexible, resilient peels. As then-sixteen-year-old Turkish student Elif Bilgin discovered, the starches and cellulose contained in their outer layer can also be used to create materials that insulate wires and form medical protheses. Bilgin developed a chemical process that turns the peels into a non-decaying bioplastic that she hopes will help replace the need for petroleum and combat pollution....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/sixteen-year-old-student-from-turkey-turns-banana-peels-into-bioplastic/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
Elif BilginAs fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the protection they need is provided by their flexible, resilient peels. As then-sixteen-year-old Turkish student Elif Bilgin discovered, the starches and cellulose contained in their outer layer can also be used to create materials that insulate wires and form medical protheses. Bilgin developed a chemical process that turns the peels into a non-decaying bioplastic that she hopes will help replace the need for petroleum and combat pollution....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/sixteen-year-old-student-from-turkey-turns-banana-peels-into-bioplastic/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
