Meet the company using discarded oyster shells to cut energy costs and keep France's buildings cool (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1890994

Archived version: https://archive.ph/iD8rO
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825144448/https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/23/meet-the-company-using-discarded-oyster-shells-to-cut-energy-costs-and-keep-frances-buildi

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

tl;dr: they're using the calcium to make white paint for roofs

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I guessed they were juat sticking the shells on roofs.

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023

26 points (93.3% liked)

World News

32088 readers

990 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml