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IIT grads convert diesel smoke to black ink

Chakr2
Chakr Shield, a retrofit emission control device for diesel generators, captures particulate matters, which is used to produce POink — the POllution INK.
Jacob Koshy

Aw shucks! Can oysters clean up New York Harbor?

Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor

Using the sun to reduce air pollution in Kabul

By Khalil Asir, Hast e Subh

In Geneva, an electric bus sips energy at stops

Green laundries are saving Moroccan oases

An air-cleaning artwork at an elementary school in Miami, Florida was installed in 2017.

Revolutionary paint offers solution to air pollution

Reforestation in South Korea to prevent fine dust

Heating buildings with factory fumes

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Using bacteria and blockchain to clean up oil spills in Nigeria

Muneer Yaqub, The Nation

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The Bulk House in China promotes buying less to reduce waste

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