{"id":119390,"date":"2021-02-10T07:24:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/flip-flops-made-from-plants-and-algae-can-help-reduce-plastic-pollution-world-wide-waste"},"modified":"2021-02-10T07:24:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:24:47","slug":"flip-flops-made-from-plants-and-algae-can-help-reduce-plastic-pollution-world-wide-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/flip-flops-made-from-plants-and-algae-can-help-reduce-plastic-pollution-world-wide-waste","title":{"rendered":"Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9otWnmTpQAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Flip flops from plants. \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren\u2019t enough algae farms to support the startup\u2019s supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS:<br \/> How Avocado Waste Is Turned Into Plastic | World Wide Waste.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Avocado Waste Is Turned Into Plastic | World Wide Waste\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJY2A-HaQRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> This $500 Designer Handbag Is Made From Aluminum Cans | World Wide Waste.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHYGvCxsmuc.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHYGvCxsmuc.\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHYGvCxsmuc.<\/a><\/a><br \/> How Old Tires Are Turned Into Electricity | World Wide Waste.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Old Tires Are Turned Into Electricity | World Wide Waste\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oYOrN3rupbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>#Algae #Pollution #BusinessInsider.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/flip-flops-made-from-plants-and-algae-can-help-reduce-plastic-pollution-world-wide-waste\">Continue reading \u201cFlip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flip flops from plants. \ud83d\ude03 Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren\u2019t enough algae farms to support the startup\u2019s supply chain. MORE WORLD WIDE [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,45,1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-finance","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}