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Climate Conscious

Melissa Frost

Feb 11

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What If You Could Win The Lottery By Recycling Old Plastic Bottles?

It’s not a faraway thought

You actually can. In Norway, where I grew up, there is an environmentally friendly lottery rewarding its citizens for recycling plastic bottles.

It’s called The Recycling Lottery. Since the start in 2008, 116 people have become millionaires, and 6,631,230 lottery prizes have been…

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What If You Could Win The Lottery By Recycling Old Plastic Bottles?

It’s not a faraway thought

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