| Pulp
                        from Nagano's famous apples is used to
                        make the plates. 
                        About a quarter of the material used to
                        make the plates is apple; the rest is
                        paper pulp. Some dishes are being made
                        with potato starch. About 900,000 plates
                        are being made for the Games; after use,
                        they can be burned as solid fuel, used to
                        make recycled paper, or turned into
                        fertilizer. The potato dishes can be
                        composted after use--they return right to
                        the earth. There might even be some
                        dishes made from rice! 
                        
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