London - An Italian catering boss is planning to clean up with an amazing range of edible plates for schools.

Tiziano Vicentini made the plates out of a kind of bread dough - tough enough to last a lunchtime but tasty enough to eat afterwards.

Tiziano, 50, of Milan, says he had the brainwave after years of watching schools waste money on plastic plates and dishes and expensive dishwashers.

"I used to work in school catering and watching all that money being thrown away was criminal," he said.

"These dishes cost a few pennies each and are either eaten by the kids or go into recycling bins for animal food. - Ananova.com