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Biospifes

This video from 2011 shows a new compostable spife (used for cutting and eating kiwifruit) invented by Scion scientists and made from kiwfruit waste products. It replaced the former (less environmentally friendly) plastic spife. 

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YouTube: Scion Research's channel

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Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Government research organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/44984/biospifes (accessed 30 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.