This Plastic Wrap Alternative Uses Potato Waste and is 100% Home Compostable

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I’m not one to make a bet, but I’m willing to put good money down on the fact that somewhere in your kitchen lies a box of plastic wrap. The omnipresent plastic wrap, also dubbed Saran Wrap, was discovered in the early 1930s and has seen little change since its development into a kitchen accessory in the late 1940s to prevent food spoilage.

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If we think about the evolution of automobiles or personal computers over the past decades, the changes have been mountainous, yet, the plastic wrap category has essentially been at a standstill.