SUCCESSFUL GLASS RECYCLER ALSO BUILDS WETLANDS

🍾 Franziska Trautmann started a recycling facility in a backyard 5 years ago. Now she's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler.

✋ She has fought against the many obstacles that keep glass recycling in the U.S. to only around 30%.

🦉 The facility operates 3 days a week. Her team uses the other days, with some of their glass, to build coastal wetland islands. And wildlife is returning: Birds, gators, crabs, otters.

✨ Need some positive environmental news? Watch this 13-minute video.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-louisianas-recycler-rebuilds-wetlands-with-crushed-glass-2026-1

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SUCCESSFUL GLASS RECYCLER ALSO BUILDS WETLANDS

🍾 Franziska Trautmann started a recycling facility in a backyard 5 years ago. Now she's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler.

✋ She has fought against the many obstacles that keep glass recycling in the U.S. to only around 30%.

🦉 The facility operates 3 days a week. Her team uses the other days, with some of their glass, to build coastal wetland islands. And wildlife is returning: Birds, gators, crabs, otters.

✨ Need some positive environmental news? Watch this 13-minute video.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-louisianas-recycler-rebuilds-wetlands-with-crushed-glass-2026-1

#SolarPunk #SolarPunkSunday (Belated)
#EnvironmentalConservation
#WasteManagement #Environment #Biodiversity #Wetlands #CoastalConservation #Recycling

COLOMBIA PROTECTS AMAZON FROM EXPLOITATION

🌿 New law turns the Amazon biome within its territory into a reserve, unavailable to new oil and large-scale mining projects.

❌ Announcement means 43 oil blocks and 286 mining proposals won't move ahead.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Country seeks to prioritize long-term environmental health and sustainable economic solutions.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/colombia-amazon-ban-new-extractive-projects

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COLOMBIA PROTECTS AMAZON FROM EXPLOITATION

🌿 New law turns the Amazon biome within its territory into a reserve, unavailable to new oil and large-scale mining projects.

❌ Announcement means 43 oil blocks and 286 mining proposals won't move ahead.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Country seeks to prioritize long-term environmental health and sustainable economic solutions.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/colombia-amazon-ban-new-extractive-projects

#SolarPunkSunday #Environment #Amazon #Conservation #EnvironmentalProtection #EnvironmentalConservation