♻️ Green Tech
🥤 Maldives taking action to reduce plastic waste – targeting 85 percent reduction
The Maldives is a holiday paradise in the Indian Ocean, but plastic waste that ends up in the sea threatens that paradise status. When a study showed that plastic in the sea would increase by 45 percent by 2030, the Maldivian government decided that something needed...
🦾 New technology separates 12 different types of plastic
Plastic is a very difficult material to recycle because it comes in various sorts with different compositions and characteristics. Now, scientists in Denmark have developed a camera technology that can tell the difference between 12 types of plastic. These include PE,...
☀ Solar panels over a canal should provide energy and save water
California has major problems with droughts. The state has been hit by a dry spell that has lasted for two years and the last two months have been the driest since the measurements began.Saving water in every possible way is therefore very important. Project Nexus is...
🚏 Africa introduces first electric bus
As part of efforts to switch to clean energy, Kenya has introduced the first-ever all-electric bus designed in Africa, with the first model set to be launched commercially this year.According to the developers of the bus, Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company,...
