Innovation Barn working to create a 'circular economy.'
Author: Larry Sprinkle (WCNC)
Published: 1:10 PM EDT July 14, 2023
Updated: 6:41 PM EDT July 14, 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Many businesses in the Charlotte area operate under what's known as the linear economy. That means the companies will take finite, raw materials, use them to make what is desired and then the rest is thrown away.
However, in a circular economy, the goal is to have zero waste by using or reusing every part of the resource.
At the Innovation Barn east of Uptown Charlotte, zero waste is the motto. There's a glass bottle pulverizer that turns bottles into sand for concrete and gardening. In another building, there’s a plastics lab that can recycle plastic food containers and other plastics that aren't recycled in Mecklenburg County. Everything has a purpose at the Innovation Barn.
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