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  • TedTalk | Your empty wine bottle could help rebuild coastlines

    Waste alchemist Franziska Trautmann shares how the spark of an idea turned into a large-scale operation helping restore the eroded shores of Louisiana and beyond.

  • The Gambit | Solutions Journalism Network

    Hope in a bottle: A glass recycling project is helping Louisiana reverse the effects of coastal erosion

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    New Orleans Recycling Facility Combats Coastal Erosion By Turning Glass Bottles Into Sand Bags

  • Nola.com

    Can glass help rebuild Louisiana's coast? Researchers plan to find out

  • National Science Foundation

    NSF's Convergence Accelerator invests $30 million to tackle challenges related to the blue economy

  • Bloomberg

    Recycled Glass ‘Sand’ Could Help Protect Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast

  • Scrap News | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries

    Restoring Coastlines and Wetlands Using Recycled Glass

  • Business Insider

    How sand made from crushed glass is rebuilding Louisiana's shrinking coast

  • ABC News

    Startup recycling company in Louisiana offers solution for glass waste

  • Tulane News

    Tulane alumni reimagining glass recycling

  • NBC News

    Glass Half Full recycles bottles into a force for good in New Orleans

  • Biz New Orleans

    Trash to Treasure

  • Delta Dispatches

    Glass Half Full Wants to Help Restore Louisiana's Coast with Your Empty Bottles

  • Good News Network

    College Seniors Fix Erosion in New Orleans By Resuming Citywide Bottle Recycling to Crush Them For Sand

  • Fox 8 New Orleans

    Going green: Tulane scientists study recycled glass sand for coastal restoration

  • Good Morning America

    Startup recycling company in Louisiana offers a solution for glass