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Waste to Gold: Sea lettuce plague


The annual plague of sea lettuce that blankets the beaches and harbours of the Bay of Plenty is now being gathered and made into compost instead of being dumped. The lettuce often gets washed onto the beaches in huge quantities during spring and summer just as holidaymakers descend on the Bay of Plenty.

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