Glass Half Full, founded by Franziska Trautmann and based in Chalmette near New Orleans, collects tens of thousands of pounds of glass weekly from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, crushing it into sand used to rebuild eroding marshland. Louisiana loses a football field of land every 100 minutes. Tulane researchers confirmed plants grow and wildlife survives in the recycled glass sand.
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Ang mga bote ng selebrasyon sa New Orleans ay nagiging buhangin para sa nawawalang baybayin

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Ang Glass Half Full, na itinatag ni Franziska Trautmann sa Chalmette malapit sa New Orleans, ay nangongolekta ng sampu-sampung libong pounds ng salamin bawat linggo mula sa Louisiana, Mississippi, at Alabama, ginigiling ito upang maging buhangin para sa muling pagtatayo ng naubos na coastal marshland. Nawala sa Louisiana ang isang football field ng lupa bawat 100 minuto. Kinumpirma ng mga mananaliksik ng Tulane na lumalaki ang mga halaman at nabubuhay ang mga hayop sa recycled glass sand.

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