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DISPOSABLE: Bending bananas to fight food waste

Every week some 500 tonnes of bananas are thrown away in Queensland because of size and shape irregularities. Tired of seeing all their hard work go to waste, banana farmers Rob and Krista Watkins found a solution after accidentally driving over a bunch of bananas. Grace Aicken, Xue Bai and Mengyu Qi report. 

Audio report by Grace Aicken Xue Bai Mengyu Qi
 

This report was created for the Science Gallery Melbourne’s DISPOSABLE exhibition with support from All The Best radio.

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THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

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