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Bookmark or Share- These breakthrough technologies can lead us to a zero water waste ...The winners of UpLink's Zero Water Waste Challenge offer diverse innovations for addressing this crisis. It keeps us healthy, helps us to grow food, and generates the energy that keeps us warm. There are many ways water keeps us safe and secure. Add them all up, and water's economic value has been priced at approximately US$58 trillion ...
- 7 innovative solutions for fighting food wasteThe innovative business model places mini hydroponic vertical farms in retail outlets, which can produce greens as and when needed. Fresh produce can be delivered from harvest to consumer within 45 minutes which reduces food waste from 40% to almost zero. Recycled drainage water is filtered and used to irrigate plants, so the mini farms use 90% ...
- How to cut emissions from waste by as much as 84% | World Economic ForumThe waste sector is responsible for 20% of global methane emissions and 3.3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report, 'Zero Waste to Zero Emissions: How Reducing Waste is a Climate Gamechanger ' from the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). The report explains that waste management methods can help the ...
- Zero Waste Day: Reducing waste for a greener futureZero Waste Day on 30 March 2023 reminds us of our individual and collective responsibility to reduce waste. The world is facing a waste crisis. The World Bank estimates that two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated globally every year. This is expected to grow to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050.
- It's time to shift to net-zero emissions plasticsBy 2050, according to experts, growing demand for plastics could push this figure as high as 20%. And as useful as plastics are, they are normally discarded after use or simply thrown away. Between 1950 and 2015, a whopping 80% of plastic waste ended up in landfills or in the environment.
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