A Japanese startup is looking to mitigate the high environmental and human impact of PC production by recycling old computers and employing refugees to help out, A Japanese company has taken a long-held traditional of recycling used tea leaves to make a variety of products such as plastic panels and paper that reduce its environmental footprint.
The Brief #52 Reusing Tea, Helping Refugees
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