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Making Steel From Trash
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Could pieces of plastic garbage become the resource we need to construct buildings?
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Video description: Can scientists unravel the mysterious phenomena that lurk between Earth and space? Airing November 20 at 8 pm on PBS
Could pieces of plastic garbage become the resource we need to construct buildings?
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