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Lithium Mining: The Impact
As Chile plans to ramp up lithium mining – a mineral crucial to the EV industry – Ione Wells explores if it can be done more sustainably. In northern Sweden, Adrienne Murray visits a plant aiming to make steel production greener. Plus, Alasdair Keane meets the marine robot cleaning up litter, and Jacqui Wakefield checks out the Kenyan start-up using plastic waste for 3D printing.
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