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First U.S. State to Ban Styrofoam, Powered by Chocolate, Eggshell Battery

03.05.2019

by Roxana Adam

#Ban, #Battery, #Calcium, #Cocoa, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Lithium, #Maine, #Plastic Pollution, #Renewable Energy, #Styrofoam

Photo: Oliur Rahman / Pexels (CC0)

A new law in Maine prohibits restaurants and grocery stores from using the to-go styrofoam containers; a Ghanaian project plans to use cocoa pod husks as feedstock in bio-fuel energy installations; German researchers have managed to transform eggshell powder into a powerful battery.

03.05.2019

by Roxana Adam

#Ban, #Battery, #Calcium, #Cocoa, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Lithium, #Maine, #Plastic Pollution, #Renewable Energy, #Styrofoam

Photo: Oliur Rahman / Pexels (CC0)

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