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Fuel From Abandoned Fruit

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Every year, 20% of the watermelon crop never makes it to buyers. Wayne Fish hopes to turn some of this waste into ethanol. (Photo by Gail Banzet)

Every year in the US, more than 750- million pounds of watermelon rot away in the fields. Those left behind can't be sold because they're sunburnt, diseased or damaged, but now scientists in Oklahoma are working on a way to use the abandoned fruit. Gail Banzet reports:

Info on watermelon ethanol from the USDA

A related article from the New York Times

Producer: Gail Banzet
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Running Time: 3:16

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