NEW YORK, June 28 ― Pineapple, vanilla and sugarcane may evoke an ingredient list for a delicious tropical cocktail but they also have something else in common: their residues can all be recycled for a good cause.Did you know that pineapple leaves, when burned or left in the field after harvesting, produce greenhouse gases? Researchers at the National University of Singapore have found a way to kill two birds with one stone by recycling them while also helping us boost our health.
Vanilla ― or rather vanillin, the main component of the bean ― has been used by researchers at Bowling Green University, in Ohio, USA, to make bioplastic. In a study published earlier this month in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the American scientists explain that they have succeeded in triggering the material's degradation when exposed to light of wavelength 300 nm.
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