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EnvironmentEnvironment USA
This Country’s First-Ever Recycling Strategy Has Kicked Off
The United States has finally established its first-ever national recycling strategy that includes a series of tactics like a circular economy to right the wrongs the country committed, and do its fair share in the fight against climate change.
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Heroes
Heroes USA
This Hashtag Aims to Remove Tons of Trash from the Earth’s Oceans
A millionaire YouTuber is turning to his fans for help in cleaning up our Earth’s oceans: in a project set to remove 30 million pounds of ocean waste, the YouTuber has already reached almost half his fundraising goal in under a month.
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TechnologyTechnology Canada
Scientists Create Unbreakable Glass – with the Help of Nature
McGill University scientists have created glass with resiliency comparable to plastic: taking cues from nature, the scientists replicated the inner layer of mollusk shells, creating a material that is three times stronger and five times more fracture-resistant than regular glass.
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Environment
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Environment
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TechnologyTechnology UK
Scientists Make Vanilla Flavoring… Out of Plastic Bottles!
Good news for our Earth: Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, found a way to turn plastic bottles into a vanilla flavoring compound, thus providing an effective and useful solution to the overwhelming problem of plastic waste in landfills and oceans.