Zero Waste Australia

Deserts could soon be irrigated with date stones under a process developed by
a Saudi royal studying at Queen’s University Belfast.

Prince Abdulrahman Bandar Al-Saud has found a novel use for the millions of
date stones that are thrown away in his country each year, devising a method
of using the carbon-rich seeds to purify waste water and industrial effluent.

The nephew of King Abdullah worked on the system as part of his PhD study at
Queen’s school of chemistry and chemical engineering.

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