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22 March, World Water Day: “Why waste water?”- Wastewater reuse

World Water Day has been established to be celebrated every year on 22 March, as first decided at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 22 December 1992. Each year a different issue of the water cycle is highlighted. For 2017 the central theme is “liquid waste” with the […]

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Algae water bottles as a “green” alternative to plastic

An Icelandic student has created a 100% natural, biodegradable and potentially edible water bottle from algae. The new design may pave the way for new products that will help solve the major problem of plastic pollution. Iceland’s Academy of Arts student Ari Jonson designed a water bottle that loses its shape and decomposes when emptied.

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