A Fast-Growing Weed Chokes Lakes In 50 Countries. Now Women Weave It Into Bags | World Wide Waste

Water hyacinths have ravaged through native ecosystems in at least 50 countries. They continue to spread and grow rapidly without much interference. Rokhak Women Handicraft is taking these plants out of the ecosystem and employing Cambodian women to make bags and rugs out of the weed. For more, visit: https://www.rokhak.com/ EDITOR'S NOTE: At 1:03, this video incorrectly identifies Dr. Kit Magellan as an aquatic & invasion ecologist research professor at the University of Battambang. She is no longer a full professor there but remains an invasion ecologist based in Cambodia. Insider regrets the error. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: This $500 Designer Handbag Is Made From Aluminum Cans | World Wide Waste    • This $500 Designer Handbag Is Made From Al...   How Banana Waste Is Turned Into Rugs, Fabric, And Hair Extensions | World Wide Waste    • How Banana Waste Is Turned Into Rugs, Fabr...   This $133 Designer Bag Is Made From Trash | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt2qA... ------------------------------------------------------ #waterhyacinth #cambodia #womeninbusiness #WorldWideWaste Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe:    / businessinsider   BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Snapchat:   / 5319643143   Boot Camp on Snapchat:   / 3383377771   A Fast-Growing Weed Chokes Lakes In 50 Countries. Now Women Weave It Into Bags | World Wide Waste