Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki holds a wheat bran plate he invented 15 years ago at the Biotrem factory in Zambrow, Poland. (AFP Photo)ZAMBROW, Poland: Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki catches a brown plate — still warm — as it drops out of a machine and he begins to eat the crunchy, fibrous tableware. The sexagenarian invented the plate some 15 years ago, and today Biotrem makes around 15 million of them a year. That figure could soon skyrocket thanks to a decision by the European Union to ban plastic plates and cutlery starting in 2021. In favourable weather conditions, with a little humidity, wheat bran products decompose after a month, or even after two weeks if there is rain.

Source: Bangkok Post June 01, 2019 04:18 UTC