Environment
People enjoy exchanging rubbish for gold
Exchange 70kg of recyclable waste (about 4,500 cans), people will get 1 gram of gold. Initiative
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New technology
Graphene films can turn methane gas into an energy source
The world is concerned about reports of methane erupting from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, but the reality is that so far this methane is still significantly smaller…
Environment
Scientists have discovered that plastic can biodegrade under sunlight in just a few decades
A surprising discovery about the type of waste is causing environmental pollution today.
Environment
Producing bricks from ... plastic waste
Bricks made from plastic waste to build classrooms are an effective solution to help solve the problem of lack of educational facilities for children in Cambodia.
Oceanography
Florida sea turtles died after swallowing more than 100 pieces of plastic
Recently, the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton posted a picture of a dead turtle and hundreds of small pieces of plastic removed from its gut.
Environment
Plastic straws replaced with pasta in Italy
Some restaurants in Italy come up with creative ideas, when replacing plastic straws with pasta to protect the environment.
Scientific application
The young engineer built an incinerator combined with cheap boiling water
Seeing that the garbage does not have any treatment place, Mr. Nguyen Bloom has built an incinerator combining boiled water for living with the cost of VND 7 million.
Environment
Underground garbage system: A great solution for Swiss municipal waste
By using an automated underground garbage system, a city in Switzerland has been able to solve the urban waste problem completely!
Oceanography
Sea turtles get their heads in water pipes to eat waste
Images of rare pineapple tortoise and a few fish feeding near the sewage pipes cause concern about pollution on Boracay Island.
Archeology
A thrilling story about 10 priceless Chinese treasures
Rubbish in your eyes is another valuable treasure in the eyes of others. In China, there have been countless antiques, even national treasures that have been lost in fol…
Environment
Australia turns 'trash' cauliflower and broccoli into herbs
Australian farmers are hoping soon they will be able to produce supplements from broccoli and cauliflower.
Scientific application
Model of fish farming combined with hydroponic vegetable cultivation
Model of automatic circulation, the water in the aquarium is used to provide waste, nutrition for vegetables, then filtered back to the fish.
Environment
'We have been through the age of stone, copper, iron and now plastic, which is really scary.'
People of this era not only store history lists, but the amount of plastic we emit will remain forever.
New technology
Using sludge and waste, scientists create the most efficient electricity generation system
Not only applied in shrimp ponds, this method can be included in other farming models.
Scientific application
Producing artificial sand from waste iron from a cast iron factory
Instead of landfilling, artificial sand production technology researched by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Truc can take advantage of cast iron slag to produce sand for construction.