Wanting to reduce pollution in her home city of Istanbul, Elif manufactured a new environmentally-friendly bio-plastic that uses banana peels – an organic material – instead of traditional petroleum sources.
![Elif Bilgin](http://i0.wp.com/www.butterbin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Elif-Bilgin.jpg?w=1100)
![Banana Solution](http://i0.wp.com/www.butterbin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Banana-Solution.jpg?resize=750%2C415)
We just hope that her home country can support her scientific experiment or creation. This could save not only people’s money, but also the placed we live in called Earth!
Great Job Elif!