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Self-watering soil, solar-powered bionic arms, French firm recycles face masks
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Company turns old solar panels into new ones, “interface inhibitors” combat neurodegeneration
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Spain’s Green Revolution, Pandora to Use Only Recycled Silver and Gold, Beating Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia
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Adidas’s Zero-Waste Sneaker, Creating Electricity from Snowfall, World’s Biggest Sun-Tracking Solar Farm
Adidas’s new ‘Futurecraft.Loop’ sneaker is made out of thermoplastic polyurethane and is completely recyclable; a new device generates electricity by capturing the charge produced when snow contacts a silicone surface; and Dutch engineers have built the world’s biggest archipelago of sun-tracking solar panel islands.
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Fuel from Garbage in Rio de Janeiro, Plastic Bottle Recycling in Norway, Anti-Trafficking Software
Methane gas captured from garbage will help the Rio de Janeiro reduce its emissions, Norway recycles 97% of all its plastic bottles, and anti-trafficking nonprofit AnnieCannons is training survivors to use their special insight in programming anti-trafficking software.
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Chile Passes Landmark Trans Law, Pollution Pioneer Madrid, World’s First Secondhand Mall
Chile will now allow people over the age of 14 to officially change their name and gender; Madrid bans polluting vehicles from the city centre; and the Swedish mall ReTuna is the world’s first secondhand shopping center.
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250 Companies to Fight Plastic Waste, Bisons Return to the Wild, Bio-Bricks Made from Waste
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.
