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Spanish groups aim to turn orange waste into bioplastic

23/08/2017

Spanish companies and universities are working together to turn orange peel into a bioplastic to use some of the country’s estimated 1.2 million tonnes of waste from the juice industry. Spain is the fifth largest producer of oranges and juices in the world and the waste is mainly used for manufacturing animal feed pellets, or disposed of in...

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