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Producing electricity from garbage
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Producing electricity from garbage

On Dec. 13, South Korea just launched the world's largest waste-generating power plant, estimated to have reduced 500,000 barrels of imported oil and reduced 1.37 millio…

December 15, 2018
The first eco city in the world
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The first eco city in the world

From now until 2020, China will build 400 new cities, among them the DongTan test city - the world's first eco city.

December 15, 2018
The first biogas train in the world
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The first biogas train in the world

The first train in the world to run on biogas, the energy source can recover from organic waste, officially went into operation in Sweden on October 24.

December 15, 2018
The first plant powered by potato energy
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The first plant powered by potato energy

Cavaghan's ready-to-eat food factory in the UK has become the first factory in the world to run on metabolic energy from waste potatoes.

December 15, 2018
'Waste park' - art for the community
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'Waste park' - art for the community

After collecting a large amount of waste, about 20,000 plastic bottles in the slums of Kampala (Uganda), Ruganzu Bruno's group embarked on the assembly of 'artworks'.

December 15, 2018