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...Why don’t we just focus on those things that we can influence locally such as energy security, food security, water security and waste?...
...However, “[for] covering a T-shirt, that’s great”, Mulvihill said of the seaweed substitute, adding that he was familiar with Sway but had not invested in the company....
...Peter T Jones North Kilworth, Leicestershire, UK...
...The writer instead suggests the UK should redirect its attention towards local issues such as energy security, food and water security, and waste....
...These companies’ capex costs aren’t supposed to come from the government, by the way, because they’re investor-owned monopolies with guaranteed profits....
...Making one-off sculptures, furniture and vessels won’t solve the borosilicate glass waste issue, but that is not her goal....
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...“Even if you are one of the richest people in the world, you can’t just make your own rules....
...“We are like potters, sculpting a shape out of product like hair that doesn’t necessarily want to be formed,” agrees Rees. “Antique furniture carries histories of everyone who has ever sat on it.”...
...“What we’re facing [with suppliers and employees colluding on fraud] doesn’t mean by default that it should harm the entire industry,” she added....
...Meanwhile, in today’s newsletter, we look at a new push to put agricultural waste to profitable use. Much-hyped efforts to make biofuels from it in the 2010s didn’t really take off....
...It sounds good, but in practice aquaculture isn’t meeting its potential. Too often, fish isn’t feeding people — it’s being fed to other fish....
...A five mile radius yields lots of waste.”...
...We don’t know that.”...
...In the article, Savage refers to the Green Revolution and how this approach didn’t work in Africa. However it was applied in Bangladesh....
...Local manufacturing will reduce shipping, while 3D-printing will cut down on waste....
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