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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Design for Vaginas
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Future of Cities
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Human Composting Could Help Crowded Cities Bury Their Dead Sustainably
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Global Impact
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Health
The Future of Healthcare Could Look a Lot Like the 1900s
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Dispatches
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Uber turned off the emergency braking function in its self-driving cars because of "erratic vehicle behavior."
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Meet the Startup Developing Human-Level Artificial Intelligence
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