The current global issues regarding plastic waste affecting the seabed and our ecosystem are pushing us to seek more and more innovations. The one we are going to talk about today has been of particular interest to us. A Belgian company has worked on a new...
This Thursday 4th of March is a day that UNESCO - the United Nation World Organization - has dedicated to the contributions of engineers through their technical advances that make our environment better, all over the world. It is an opportunity to celebrate the current...
Promote local and sustainable ? It is possible! The company Galette de Luc shows us that such feat is achievable. Celles at Houyet in Belgium, one of the most beautiful villages in Wallonia, houses an atypical manufacturing plant: The Galette de Luc. For nearly 10 years,...
According to The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit organization, only 1% of rivers (=1000 rivers) worldwide are responsible for 80% of the ocean plastic pollution. After gathering this data, they decided to change their course of action and prevent the plastic from ever ending up...
A group of students from Estaca, an engineering school in Laval, France, recently presented their project designed to help save the environment. The Green Turtle is a plastic eating sea robot that was supposed to be released in September 2020, but will instead be available...
The PlasticRoad project of the Dutch company VolkerWessels is an intelligent way to transform non-biodegradable plastic waste. They are crushed and then compacted to create modular plates. Prefabricated in the factory, these plates are then assembled on site, as a construction game. These roads would have...
In Tunisia, the Tyer Wind company develops a wind converter inspired by hummingbird. The Hummingbird is one of the world's most energetically-efficient flyers. The turbine is equipped with a pair of flapping wings that are over five feet long and move in a figure-eight motion – just...