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April 19, 2021

Turning cow burps into carbon credits

Anglo-Swiss startup Mootral has a plan to get cows with garlic breath to save the planet.


Maija Palmer

3 min read

Mootral, the Anglo-Swiss agritech firm, last week launched a somewhat quirky product: a carbon credit, based on more eco-friendly cow burps.

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