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| Subject: The plants that could soak up oil spills Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:45 pm | |
| A company in Benin is harvesting water hyacinths which can be used to soak up oil in an easy, cost-effective way. If left unattended the plant reproduces incredibly fast, so the harvesting also helps maintain a balanced ecosystem. However it has not yet been possible to scale up the process so that it can be used to deal with major off-shore oil spills. The BBC's Questions d'Argent programme went to meet the founder to see how it all works.
https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/51804914/benin-company-harvesting-plants-that-could-soak-up-oil-spills |
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