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12/05/2021

Wishing our Muslim friends a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

09/04/2021

Find out more about Scientist Veena Sahajwalla and the bold ideas she came up with to save waste from the landfills and ensure nothing is wasted through her revolutionary concepts and innovations.

Scientist Veena Sahajwalla is a recycling superstar with some bold new ideas about how to save waste from landfill. As Australia's collective garbage guilt b...

07/04/2021

By combining the use of IoT, Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR), companies and enterprises are making use of technology to solve everyday problems.

Combining IoT, robots and augmented reality is solving everyday life problems for consumers and workplace roles.

06/04/2021

Watch the story of how Jaruwan Khammuang, the founder of Fang Thai factory, came up with the idea to recycle the leftover rice straw and turn it into an alternative to plastic food packagings.

Huge amounts of rice straw are left over after the harvest in Thailand. Farmers often burn it, which is terrible for the environment. A young entrepreneur ha...

05/04/2021

Adidas has come a long way in their journey to recycle plastic waste; from preventing 2,800 tons of plastic from reaching the oceans to almost 7,000 tons of plastic in 2020.
Watch the video to find out more on how they recycle and prevent these plastic waste from reaching the ocean.

The video says Pepsi, Evian, and Coca-Cola are using Loop resin. The companies are not yet using Loop’s resin, however, they plan to when Loop’s South Caroli...

02/04/2021

Since tires take too much space and are not biodegradable, companies came up with methods to recycle and reuse old tires by retreading them.
Click here to find out how they do it:

The disposal of tires represent a significant burden on the environment. Tires can't go to landfills; they take up too much space and are not biodegradable. ...

01/04/2021

Even with the ban on food being thrown away in France, more than 150,000 metric tons of bread end up being thrown away. However, with Le Crumbler leftover bread can be ground into fine breadcrumbs to replace the flour in the next batch of bread.

Though France has banned supermarkets from throwing out food, 150,000 metric tons of bread wind up in the trash every year. Le Crumbler grinds old bread into...

30/03/2021

Check out this toothbrush with replaceable bamboo bristles which is sustainable and can be used up to 2 years.

The eco-friendly oral care product by Mexico-based design firm NOS comes with recycled plastic handle and bamboo bristles in a packaging made from thermoformed paper pulp.

29/03/2021

With the increasing global temperatures due to the increasing carbon emissions, MOE is taking action to combat the high carbon emissions by introducing green campuses and taking a holistic approach by educating students on how they can make a difference.

SINGAPORE: Progressively equipping schools with solar panels over the next decade is one way the Ministry of Education (MOE) plans to reach its ...