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Elif Bilgin from Turkey makes bioplastic out of banana peels. (WASHINGTON-AFP) - There's nothing slippery about Elif Bilgin's idea of using banana peels as a substitute for old-school petroleum-based plastics. The 16-year-old student from Istanbul spent two years perfecting a way to make a bioplastic out of discarded banana peels that could, in turn, be used for the electrical insulation of cables. On Thursday, her efforts paid off when Scientific American named her the winner of its $50,000 ...