Here is how avocado waste gets transformed into bioplastics
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00:00Last year, Americans consumed more than six billion avocados,
00:06and that produces a lot of inedible waste.
00:09Now, a company has developed a process to transform avocado pits into plastic.
00:15Bioplastics like these could help reduce pollution because they break down faster and use less fossil fuels.
00:21We visited Biofase in Monterrey, Mexico to see how it all works.
00:26Mexico exports about half of the world's avocados.
00:29The process starts with avocado seeds that have been washed at the supplying factory.
00:34As the seed is going through the machine,
00:35it's turned into a bioplastic resin that's ready to withstand a lot of heat.
00:40What comes out the other end is a malleable sheet that can be molded and cut into different shapes.