The 16-year-old turned the banana peel into plastic

Elif Bilgin, a 16-year-old school girl from Turkey, is famous for his research on turning banana peels into bioplastics.

Banana peels can be used to produce bioplastics - (Photo: AFP)

Bilgin has spent two years researching the technology of turning banana peels into bioplastics , which can be used to cover conductive cables, according to an AFP report released on Monday.

In his study, Bilgin concludes that starch and fiber from banana peels and mango pulp can be used to produce bioplastics, which would limit environmental pollution from the production technology. Current ordinary plastic.

On June 27th, the American Science Foundation awarded Bilgin a $ 50,000 scientific research grant, a platform that helped the student participate in the Google Science Fair for Inventors. young, held in California (USA) in September 2013.

"The prize is so great to me, it shows that my research project is really potential ," AFP quoted Bilgin.