Italian researchers turn Tomato leftovers into plastic bags, Sina.com, 4 Jan 2005

“Italian researchers said on Monday that they had found a way of converting tomato waste into non-polluting plastic bags…Researcher Barbara Nicolaus, who came up with the idea, said that she and her team had discovered how to make biodegradable plastic bags using the polysaccharides found in tomatoes.�

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