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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: Plants fighting pollution

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Plants fighting pollution

17/01/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Plants fighting pollution

Meet the plants that clear up oil spills and provide clean water

Meet the plants that clear up oil spills and provide clean water.

Clearing up pollution can be a messy and expensive task, but around the world people are harnessing the power of plants to do the job for them. 

We hear how water hyacinths are going from hated weed to providing communities with a greener water filtration solution; how plants in the Niger Delta are helping rejuvenate land drenched in oil and devastated by fire and ask whether plants could be the future to more environmentally friendly mining.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Georgina Rannard
Reporter/producer: Lizzy McNeill
Producer: Zoe Gelber
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Penny Murphy

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: A water hyacinth (Getty Images)

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