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Inflation spurs businesses to turn waste into funky by-product

Every one of us is feeling the pinch from inflation one way or another, and businesses — great and small — are no different. Many are now searching for new revenue sources while simultaneously finding greener ways to deal with waste.

The result? Some quirky new products and slightly off-putting business practices. Harriet Torry from the Wall Street Journal has been finding these by-products of inflation. She speaks to Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd about them.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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