People Fixing the World - Plants fighting pollution

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)

Published on Tuesday, 17th January 2023.

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