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250 Companies to Fight Plastic Waste, Bisons Return to the Wild, Bio-Bricks Made from Waste

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29.10.2018
by Roxana Adam
#Bio-Bricks, #Bisons, #Ellen McArthur Foundation, #PepsiCo, #Plastic Waste, #Recycling, #Unilever, #Wildlife
Photo: George Becker / Pexels (CC0)

250 organizations such as PepsiCo, Unilever, and H&M have made a pledge to fight plastic waste and work with governments in order to increase recycling; from just 23 left at the turn of the 20th century, bisons are ready to return to their home once agains; and students created bio-bricks out of sand, bacteria, and urine, disposing of waste while also drastically reducing the energy and pollution required for the production of regular bricks.

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Good News
29.10.2018
by Roxana Adam
#Bio-Bricks, #Bisons, #Ellen McArthur Foundation, #PepsiCo, #Plastic Waste, #Recycling, #Unilever, #Wildlife
Photo: George Becker / Pexels (CC0)
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