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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Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

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Glass Half Full, fondée par Franziska Trautmann à Chalmette près de la Nouvelle-Orléans, collecte chaque semaine des dizaines de milliers de kilos de verre en Louisiane, Mississippi et Alabama, qu’elle broie en sable pour reconstruire les marais côtiers érodés. La Louisiane perd l’équivalent d’un terrain de football toutes les 100 minutes. Des chercheurs de Tulane ont confirmé que des plantes poussent et que la faune survit dans ce sable de verre recyclé.

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