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Tourists in Venice are getting used to having wet feet as high water levels hit the historic center of the lagoon city. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Banda Aceh, Oct 18 (EFE/EPA).- An Indonesian man makes stools from used plastic bottles as part of environmental solution. Zainuddin is a teacher who starts using used bottles as materials for making stools and sofas, a side business he started during the COVID-19 pandemic. He developed the idea of making stools using used bottles as a form of environmental preservation and increasing the family's incomes during the economic recession caused by the pandemic. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK). SHOT LIST: ZAINUDDIN MAKES STOOLS FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES AT HIS WORKSHOP IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
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Bacardi is rolling out the world's first fully biodegradable spirits bottle, as well as paper bottles. Both bottle types will hit shelves in the US by 2023. Business Insider reports the bottles will be used for brands including Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose, and Martini, alongside Bacardi rum. The new bottles can biodegrade within 18 months – and don't leave microplastics behind.
Scientists used to say there were millions of tons of ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s poles. Now, HuffPost reports a pair of studies in the journal Nature Astronomy says there's far, far more potential water available. Twenty percent more, to be exact. A team led by the University of Colorado's Paul Hayne says more than 15,400 square miles of lunar terrain have the capability to trap water in the form of ice. However, lead researcher Casey Honniball says the molecules are so far apart that they are in neither liquid nor solid form. To be clear, this is not puddles of water. Casey Honniball, Lead Researcher Postdoctoral fellow, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland Greater access to water could allow astronauts and robots more places to land, and support future lunar bases. Scientists believe the moon's water came from comets, asteroids, interplanetary dust, solar wind, or even lunar volcanic eruptions.
The 300 million tons of plastic that are produced annually worldwide will take centuries to break down. What's more, they really just shatter into tiny, microscopic bits that will likely never really disappear. But now, Business Insider reports a new study describes a 'super-enzyme' can recycle a common type of plastic in just days. Researchers from Colorado and the UK engineered the enzyme using proteins derived from plastic-eating bacteria. Other researchers are looking into the use of magnetic 'nano-coils' to break down plastics. Just half the width of a human hair, they convert plastic into carbon dioxide and water.