At the Beijing Olympics this summer, one man's rubbish - or the rubbish produced by the estimated 3 million visitors - could turn to gold for the right plastics company.rnBeijing officials want to avoid filling the city's landfills with the discarded plastic forks, cups and plates that will inevitably accumulate during the event, and are looking to compost sites and biodegradable plastics to solve their dilemma.rnThe Office of Science and Technology Committee for the Olympics made use of 'green' construction materials, and the next step is to use biodegradable material for the tableware and shopping bags in the Olympics village.
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