Elif Bilgin, 16, recently won the Scientific American Science in Action Award at the 2013 Google Science Fair. Why? She discovered an innovative way of reducing pollution in her home city of Istanbul. Elif is able to produce an eco-friendly bio-plastic produced from a very common fruit: the banana. It’s impressive that an everyday fruit … Continue reading 16 Year Old Turkish Girl “Elif Bilgin” is Using #Bananas to Reduce #Pollution | So Clever