Cleaning the oceans one step at a time
Two Australians created this container that collects plastic, paper,
oil, fuel and detergent floating in the ocean. They want to implement it
the middle of next year to clean up the sea worldwide. It seems a great
idea. The only “but” as always is money, so they are raising funds to
get to their goal. You can see their project and donations here.

New Metal-Eating Shrub Species Could Clean Up Toxic Waste Sites Around the World

A newly described shrub species called Rinorea niccolifera is capable of consuming between 100 to
1000 times the amount of nickel that normal plants can. A team from the
University of the Philippines-Los Baños that described the species in a
new report also found that its ability to ‘eat’ toxic levels of metal could make the shrub a potential antidote to toxic waste sites around the globe.

The plant has evolved to draw up nutrients and water from the soil like normal
plants, but is also able to absorb poisonous nutrients that would kill
most. Known as hyperaccumulators, these plants are able to eat poisonous metals,