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China’s Creative Urban Planning, UK Newspaper Switches to Biodegradable Plastics, Effective Mosquito Repellent

18.01.2019

by Roxana Adam

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

In Asia’s fast-expanding and crowded cities, city planners in China are utilizing unused land under bridges, flyovers, and viaducts; UK newspaper ‘The Guardian’ has replaced its plastic packaging in favor of a biodegradable material that breaks down in just six months; and according to a new study rare worm bacteria is three times more effective than DEET, the biggest commercial repellant in the world.

18.01.2019

by Roxana Adam

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

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