Clean water is a necessity. Image: mrjn Photography | Unsplash
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…
Recycle converts of waste into a new substance or product.
Flip flops in the sand. Image: gagnonm1993 | Pixabay
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…
12 inspiring products and concepts
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…
Waste hierarchy. Diagram: Mildred Williams | Viable AlternativEnergy.
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…
Tomatoes. Photo by Daniel C Gold | Unsplash
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…
7 top articles of 2020
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…
Reuse or recycle solar panels. Image: Mildred Williams | Viable AlternativEnergy.
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,…
Lie of Land by Bounpaul Phothyzan. Image: Mildred Williams | Viable AlternativEnergy
Sustainable Art
What is Sustainable Art? Sustainable art encompasses a wide range of artistic concepts, everything from thought-provoking environmental critique to studios working…
Chewing gum. Image Taylor Rooney | Unsplash.
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…
Brick wall made of recycled plastic waste. Image: Precious Plastic
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…
Recap Top 7 Articles of 2019
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…
Starting material. Image: Precious Plastic
Precious Plastic
Precious Plastic is an open source platform that shares their findings on how to solve plastic pollution. This project was created…
Lion tyre sculpture by Yong Ho Ji. Image: Taken | Pixabay.
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…
Robba fountain, Ljubljana. Image: Bram van Geerenstein | Unsplash
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…
Vancouver, Canada. Image: Vinicius Dattwyler | Pexels
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…
Entrace of super forest way. Original image cropped. Image: yano@mama.akari.ne.j… (CC BY-SA 3.0) | Wikimedia.
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…
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Image: OpenUpEd l (CC BY 2.0) l Flickr
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…