How Ex-Miners Turn Toxic Land into Lavender Farms | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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A lavender farm in West Virginia is restoring land destroyed by coal mining and providing jobs in a state struggling as the fossil fuel energy is on its way out. There are over 6 million acres of abandoned coal mines across the US, and more could go to waste if coal companies don’t restore their land. Learn more about Appalachian Botanical Company at: https://appalachianbotanical.com/ MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: Why Refrigerators Are So Hard To Recycle | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQJ_VwzXF0 How Cigarette Butts Are Recycled Into Toys | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_81HlBygLc How Vegan Leather Is Made From Mangoes | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcieZYwyEiA ------------------------------------------------------ #CoalMining #Lavender #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo How Ex-Miners Turn Toxic Land into Lavender Farms | World Wide Waste

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