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South Africa To Open World’s Tallest Hemp Building

The 12-storey hotel will be in Cape Town.


By Chriselle Moraes
Cape Town will soon be home to the world’s tallest building constructed using industrial hemp. Industrial hemp blocks derived from cannabis plants are carbon negative, meaning they absorb more emissions than are created during their production. The walls of the 54-room, 12-storey hemp hotel, due to be completed in June, comprise hempcrete

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