A team of researchers from the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil successfully created a food wrap using repurposed industrial waste. The goal is to lower the need for using plastic wraps which takes centuries to degrade and is contributing to pollution. The team used bacterial cellulose scraps from industrial […]
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This Plant in Ethiopia Transforms Waste into Renewable Energy
Unfortunately, the open-air landfill outside of the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, murdered more than 110 people in 2017. The government invested $120 million in the building of a waste-to-energy plant next to the garbage dump as a means of tackling the problem of waste piling in the city. The […]