
Desiree LaBeaud: The curious connection between plastic trash and infectious disease
The Future of Everything
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Are There Realistic Technology Opportunities to Help the Plastic Problem?
Russ Altman: Are there realistic technological opportunities to help this problem? He says we can find alternatives to plastics and single use items. There's a biodigestive cell that makes energy from bacteria chewing up plastic, he says. Altman: We're using drones to try and map out the trash problem where we're working in Kenya.
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