This lab is transforming leftover almond shells into power, plastic, and beer

Mar 28, 2018

A man displays an almond in Paso Robles, California April 20, 2015. With the country's most populous state entering the fourth year of a devastating drought, Governor Jerry Brown has ordered an overall 25 percent cut in urban water use though the first statewide mandatory reductions in California's history. The suppliers with the highest per capita water use would have to accept a 36 percent cut. Meanwhile, environmentalists and some urban dwellers say the state's $45 billion agriculture industry should bear a greater share of water savings, given its massive water use. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

The shells of almonds are often discarded, but they could hold a number of different uses. Image: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Brian Spaen

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