Ecology
Banana Fibre, The Innovative Way To Prevent Farming Waste
Fibre From Familiar Fruit Bananas are the most common fruit consumed worldwide. In 2019, the banana export market produced 21 million tonnes of fruit. This
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Waste Hierarchy
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Energy
Microfactories, Reforming Waste Into Valuable Materials
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How To Fulfil Clean Water Needs Without Electricity
Clean Water Daily access to clean potable water is a global issue. UNICEF and WHO state that globally, 1 in 3 people do not have
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Ecology
Curitiba City, A Model In Sustainable Urban Planning
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Construction
Versatile, Sustainable And Strong Grass.
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Ecology
Recycling Flip Flops, Art From Marine Waste.
Marine Debris Every year, global production of plastic is rising. In 2019, the amount of plastic produced globally was approximately 368 million tonnes. This is
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Ecology
Green Products Awards 2021
At Viable AlternativEnergy “green” (sustainable/ recyclable/ alternative) projects, products and ideas “give us life”. People who create and design new products with these concepts in
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Prevention
Waste Hierarchy: The Five Stages Of Waste Management
Waste Hierarchy The Amended Waste Framework Directive (EU) 2018/851 put in place by the European Parliament establishes waste prevention and management legislation and policy. This
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Ecology
Farming On An Acre of Land
The Decline In Biodiversity The loss of biodiversity in the food and agriculture sector threatens global food security. Furthermore, the decline in bees and pollinators
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Ecology
7 Top Articles of 2020
These top articles from Viable AlternativEnergy focus on sustainable, environmental and socially conscious projects, products and ideas. Please join us, as we recap our 7
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Energy
Biogas, Untapped Transportation Fuel from Waste?
In 2018, “What a Waste 2.0” the Urban Development Series produced by the World Bank gave a snapshot of global solid waste management until 2050.
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Construction
CopenHill – The Sustainable Model For Future Waste Projects?
Sustainable Waste Management Amager Bakke, also known as CopenHill, brings a sustainable waste management solution to the doorstep of city living. CopenHill is the cleanest waste-to-energy
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Energy
Upcycling or Recycling of End-of-life Solar Panels
The average photovoltaic (PV) solar panel has a lifespan of 25 years. Solar panels contain glass, polymers, aluminium, silicon, lead, cadmium, tellurium and gallium. These
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Ecology
Hydrogen Power – Fuel Cells on Ships and Boats
Hydrogen Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. The power source that most stars burn to produce energy. First observed by
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Energy
Lasers Could Transmute Nuclear Waste
In 2018, Professor Gérard Mourou (École Polytechnique) and Professor Donna Strickland (University of Waterloo) jointly won half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for ground
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Plastics
Sustainable Art
What is Sustainable Art? Sustainable art encompasses a wide range of artistic concepts, everything from thought-provoking environmental critique to studios working with carbon neutral or
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Ecology
Renewable Energy and the Future
What is the future of renewable energy? Last week Planet of the Humans a documentary presented by Michael Moore and directed by Jeff Gibbs was
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Ecology
Chewing Gum – Sustainable Alternatives
Chewing gum is consumed by millions of people every year. Over £14 billions spent on chewing gums globally. Like Marmite, you may love it or
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Plastics
Precious Plastic Universe
Precious Plastic Universe (Precious Plastic version 4) launched on Tuesday 7th January 2020. At Viable AlternativEnergy, we’ve been waiting anxiously for this new update since
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Ecology
Viable AlternativEnergy – Recap top 7 Articles of 2019
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Construction
Africa’s First Waste to Energy – Reppie, Ethiopia
The Reppie Waste to Energy plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the first Waste to Energy plant in Africa, completed in February 2018. Reppie Waste-to-Energy
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Electric
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Costa Rica is set to achieve over 98% of electricity generation from renewable sources for the fifth consecutive year. In 2019, the National Center for
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Plastics
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Precious Plastic is an open source platform that shares their findings on how to solve plastic pollution. This project was created by Dave Hakkens from
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Recycle
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Tyres are complex products consisting of more than 200 raw materials. These different raw materials make it difficult for tyres to be recycled. Around the
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Electric
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Construction
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Plastics
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In 2004, all waste generated in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital went to landfill. Presently, Ljubljana diverts 80% of its refuse from the landfill. Furthermore, 68% of
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Re-use
Mouldable Glue – Sugru
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Re-use
A Library of Things
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Plastics
Binners’ Project – Vancouver, Canada
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Prevention
Bite Toothpaste
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Recycle
Kamikatsu – Japan’s Zero Waste Town
Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, was the first municipality in Japan to promote a Zero Waste policy. The residents sort waste into 45 types in 13 categories.
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Energy
Microgrids – Aardehuizen, The Netherlands
In The Netherlands microgrid communities are pioneering a new approach to generating and sharing energy. This would mean neighbourhoods of the near future could produce
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Plastics
Plastic ban – San Pedro Laguna – Guatemala
San Pedro La Laguna is the first community on Lake Atitlán. Also, the third municipality in Guatemala, to ban the use of plastic bags. The
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Plastics
Wecyclers – Recycling, Lagos Nigeria
Wecyclers allows people in low-income communities to capture value from their waste. This Lagos based company provides a door to door collection service. Giving households
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Waste Hierarchy
Banana Fibre, The Innovative Way To Prevent Farming Waste
Fibre From Familiar Fruit Bananas are the most common fruit consumed worldwide. In 2019, the banana export market produced 21 million tonnes of fruit. This
01/04/2021
Microfactories, Reforming Waste Into Valuable Materials
Reforming waste. How can we retrieve valuable materials from e-waste and multi-component materials in rural and remote locations? All Recycling Is Local We make significant
11/03/2021
How To Fulfil Clean Water Needs Without Electricity
Clean Water Daily access to clean potable water is a global issue. UNICEF and WHO state that globally, 1 in 3 people do not have
25/02/2021
Curitiba City, A Model In Sustainable Urban Planning
Curitiba City, Brazil Curitiba City is the capital city of Paraná state, in south-east Brazil. The city has a population of approximately 1.95 million. Around
18/02/2021
Versatile, Sustainable And Strong Grass.
Sustainable Grass Bamboo are the fastest growing plants on earth. They utilise unique rhizome (underground stems) to self-multiply. This allows some species of bamboo to
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Recycling Flip Flops, Art From Marine Waste.
Marine Debris Every year, global production of plastic is rising. In 2019, the amount of plastic produced globally was approximately 368 million tonnes. This is
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Green Products Awards 2021
At Viable AlternativEnergy “green” (sustainable/ recyclable/ alternative) projects, products and ideas “give us life”. People who create and design new products with these concepts in
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Waste Hierarchy: The Five Stages Of Waste Management
Waste Hierarchy The Amended Waste Framework Directive (EU) 2018/851 put in place by the European Parliament establishes waste prevention and management legislation and policy. This
21/01/2021
Farming On An Acre of Land
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7 Top Articles of 2020
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Biogas, Untapped Transportation Fuel from Waste?
In 2018, “What a Waste 2.0” the Urban Development Series produced by the World Bank gave a snapshot of global solid waste management until 2050.
14/12/2020
CopenHill – The Sustainable Model For Future Waste Projects?
Sustainable Waste Management Amager Bakke, also known as CopenHill, brings a sustainable waste management solution to the doorstep of city living. CopenHill is the cleanest waste-to-energy
12/11/2020
Upcycling or Recycling of End-of-life Solar Panels
The average photovoltaic (PV) solar panel has a lifespan of 25 years. Solar panels contain glass, polymers, aluminium, silicon, lead, cadmium, tellurium and gallium. These
20/08/2020
Hydrogen Power – Fuel Cells on Ships and Boats
Hydrogen Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. The power source that most stars burn to produce energy. First observed by
06/08/2020
Lasers Could Transmute Nuclear Waste
In 2018, Professor Gérard Mourou (École Polytechnique) and Professor Donna Strickland (University of Waterloo) jointly won half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for ground
16/07/2020
Sustainable Art
What is Sustainable Art? Sustainable art encompasses a wide range of artistic concepts, everything from thought-provoking environmental critique to studios working with carbon neutral or
02/07/2020
Renewable Energy and the Future
What is the future of renewable energy? Last week Planet of the Humans a documentary presented by Michael Moore and directed by Jeff Gibbs was
30/04/2020
Chewing Gum – Sustainable Alternatives
Chewing gum is consumed by millions of people every year. Over £14 billions spent on chewing gums globally. Like Marmite, you may love it or
06/02/2020
Precious Plastic Universe
Precious Plastic Universe (Precious Plastic version 4) launched on Tuesday 7th January 2020. At Viable AlternativEnergy, we’ve been waiting anxiously for this new update since
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Viable AlternativEnergy – Recap top 7 Articles of 2019
Viable AlternativEnergy posts focus on environmental and socially conscious projects, products and ideas. Please join us, as we recap our 7 top posts from 2019.
03/01/2020
Africa’s First Waste to Energy – Reppie, Ethiopia
The Reppie Waste to Energy plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the first Waste to Energy plant in Africa, completed in February 2018. Reppie Waste-to-Energy
31/10/2019
The Costa Rica Renewable Approach
Costa Rica is set to achieve over 98% of electricity generation from renewable sources for the fifth consecutive year. In 2019, the National Center for
26/09/2019
Precious Plastic
Precious Plastic is an open source platform that shares their findings on how to solve plastic pollution. This project was created by Dave Hakkens from
08/08/2019
Reuse – Reduce Waste – Tyre Sculptors
Tyres are complex products consisting of more than 200 raw materials. These different raw materials make it difficult for tyres to be recycled. Around the
01/08/2019
Train Powered by Hydrogen
The Coradia iLint is the first passenger train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The train was by designed by Alstom teams in Salzgitter, Germany
25/07/2019
DFAB House – Digital Construction
DFAB House shows the potential of digital fabrication. Through the brilliant collaboration between architecture, construction, and science. DFAB House is the first house of its
18/07/2019
Recycling – Ljubljana Slovenia
In 2004, all waste generated in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital went to landfill. Presently, Ljubljana diverts 80% of its refuse from the landfill. Furthermore, 68% of
04/07/2019
Mouldable Glue – Sugru
Sugru is a tool that helps to strengthen the reuse step of the European waste hierarchy. The five steps are “Prevention, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery and
27/06/2019
A Library of Things
Share Shed– a “library of things”. A place where you can borrow useful items like: sewing machines, household appliances, camping, gardening and sporting equipment and
06/06/2019
Binners’ Project – Vancouver, Canada
Binners’ Project supports the most marginalised people in urban areas. Helping them to create an income from the collection of redeemable containers and other things
21/03/2019
Bite Toothpaste
Bite, brush and repeat. An environmentally friendly alternative to plastic toothpaste tubes. They make this toothpaste pill from natural ingredients. Additionally, all the packaging is
07/03/2019
Kamikatsu – Japan’s Zero Waste Town
Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, was the first municipality in Japan to promote a Zero Waste policy. The residents sort waste into 45 types in 13 categories.
17/01/2019
Microgrids – Aardehuizen, The Netherlands
In The Netherlands microgrid communities are pioneering a new approach to generating and sharing energy. This would mean neighbourhoods of the near future could produce
10/01/2019
Plastic ban – San Pedro Laguna – Guatemala
San Pedro La Laguna is the first community on Lake Atitlán. Also, the third municipality in Guatemala, to ban the use of plastic bags. The
03/01/2019
Wecyclers – Recycling, Lagos Nigeria
Wecyclers allows people in low-income communities to capture value from their waste. This Lagos based company provides a door to door collection service. Giving households
27/12/2018