Countries around the world are declaring war on plastic to reduce environmental pollution. In addition to vigorously "reducing plastic", many countries are also actively looking for environmentally friendly and cost-effective materials to replace plastic. Mexico has successfully developed an alternative to plastic made from mango peels, the Mexico City Times reported Tuesday.

The report said that Mexico is a "mango country" and throws away hundreds of thousands of tons of mango peels every day, which is time-consuming and laborious to dispose of. Scientists accidentally found that the toughness of mango peel is very valuable to develop, so they added starch and other chemical materials in the peel to develop a "mango peel composite product" that can replace plastic. The material is similar in toughness and hardness to plastic, and the most important thing is that it is cheap and recyclable, and can reduce environmental pollution while using waste. (Wang Fang)

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