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New Orleans was tossing bottles into landfills, so students upcycled 14 million lbs of glass into coastal sand
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New Orleans was tossing bottles into landfills, so students upcycled 14 million lbs of glass into coastal sand

I love this story because it shows how two college students in New Orleans turned a city problem into a brilliant solution. They noticed that glass bottles were just ending up in landfills since there was no curbside recycling for glass. So, they founded Glass Half Full, a company that crushes glass into sand safe enough to help rebuild Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Which brings me to the bigger picture: their recycled glass sand now protects coastal ecosystems and supports wildlife, all while keeping millions of pounds of glass out of the trash.
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