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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: This Solar Powered System Can Help Address Both Plastic Waste And Greenhouse Gases
Description: Too much waste plastic? Too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? Researchers in the UK may have a partial solution for both problems: a process that uses solar energy to convert plastic and greenhouse gases into useful products. Plus: a fancy new wastebasket is partly made of waste plastic and sawdust from the company's factory.Â
Using solar power to convert plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels (University of Cambridge)
A trash can made from garbage and recycled materials (Inhabitat)Â
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