Water hyacinth - this alien plant is lethal for the environment, not its being turned into a plastic to regrow forests

Title: Water Hyacinth - This alien plant is lethal for the environment, now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests

Description: (article, lots of great photos) Instructors - middle & high school

Contents: Water hyacinths are native to South America, but were introduced as an exotic ornamental to many other countries. They’ve since taken over freshwater environments and are labeled an alien invasive species on every other continent aside from Antarctica: environmental impacts, attempts to eradicate, bioplastic innovation - project, scaling up

Source: cnn.com/Africa https://www.cnn.com/world/africa/hyacinth-alien-plant-environment-plastic-spc 

Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Entrepreneurship, Regenerative Agriculture - Issues; Library Resources/ Plants - Issues, Toxicity & Plastics

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(2/7/25) related research in Indonesia (article & free downloadable PDF, very technical - but good sample)

https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/AJSE/article/view/37801/pdf