Research into the properties of cedar bark might not seem of much interest to an electronics manufacturer like Sanyo Electric. But when Sanyo found that the bacteria teeming in cedar bark promote the decomposition of organic food under the right combinations of heat and moisture, it had an idea-one that both helps the environment and produces profits. Sanyo's idea was the Gomi Nice, a waste processor that uses chunks of cedar bark to break down organic trash such as fish bones. After a few days of churning the trash at high temperature, Gomi Nice leaves behind a soil-like product that can be used as fertilizer.