Saltwater Brewery was a regular microbrewery that made great craft beer - packaged with the usual plastic six pack rings. As fishermen who saw firsthand the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean, though, they felt they needed to make a change to help marine animals. They came up with the idea to create edible six pack rings made of biodegradable materials left over from the brewing process. Now, they’ve created a new company, E6PR, to sell their “Eco Six Pack Rings” to other companies like Corona that want to help clean up the oceans and improve their sustainability.
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Paving the Way With Recycled Roads
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Tesla Fixed Its Model 3 Brakes with Software – And Showed Us the Future of Cars
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Tesla Fixed Its Model 3 Brakes with Software – And Showed Us the Future of Cars
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Failure is Inevitable, But It Doesn't Have to Ruin Your Life
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Dr. Leslie Dewan on the Future of Nuclear Energy
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Dr. Leslie Dewan on the Future of Nuclear Energy
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Powering the World With Nuclear
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An American Entrepreneur on the Importance of Chinese Manufacturing
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An American Entrepreneur on the Importance of Chinese Manufacturing
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Elon Musk Explains the Economics of Getting to Mars
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