Start Saving Banana Peels, Like Right Now (and Say Goodbye to Plastic) [Video]

If this young girl doesn't inspire you to have hope in our future, then you're not paying attention. Turkish student Elif Bilgin made plastic out of banana peels. A 16-year-old turned fruit into plastic. How amazing is that?

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