As the term itself suggests, circular economy is not limited to recycling only. It aims to fundamentally reduce waste and potentially create a zero-waste society. With an ever increasing digitisation of our daily lives, we now start to benefit from additional options to keep waste levels low.
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For people living in Germany's major cities, reducing your plastic waste footprint just got a little bit easier. Hot on the heels of "Refill Hamburg" comes "Refill Berlin" - an initiative that aims to make free drinking water more easily available to the public.
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Good air quality in cities is a real challenge. Traffic, building sites, roadworks, rubbish trucks: the toxic particles that they generate all pose a serious health threat, and it's one that's invisible to the naked eye. Enter AirVisual.
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Carbon capture plants - that filter carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere - could help provide the solution to the world's growing CO2 problem. In Switzerland, Climeworks has inaugurated the first ever commercial plant of this type - a tower of giant air filters located just outside Zurich.
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Electric cars that aren't currently on the move could be used to help stabilise energy grids, make electricity from renewable energy sources more viable and generate extra income for EV owners. That's the goal of the Munich-based company The Mobility House and their smart Vehicle-to-Grid technology.
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Sprawling urbanisation and sky rocketing house prices are major issues in cities around the world. Kasita is a new type of housing and multi-unit development model that provides technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and economical housing for urban citizens.
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A new model of vertical ocean farming is making waves, and it promises not just to help reduce the effects of overfishing and ocean acidification - it has also the potential to mitigate climate change and turn an ailing small fishing industry into a thriving restorative ocean farming one.
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As the term itself suggests, circular economy is not limited to recycling only. It aims to fundamentally reduce waste and potentially create a zero-waste society. With an ever increasing digitisation of our daily lives, we now start to benefit from additional options to keep waste levels low.
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For people living in Germany's major cities, reducing your plastic waste footprint just got a little bit easier. Hot on the heels of "Refill Hamburg" comes "Refill Berlin" - an initiative that aims to make free drinking water more easily available to the public.
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden have come up with a way of turning the CO2 produced by biogas plants into a versatile organic wax. That means good news for both alternative energy and the cosmetic industry.
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Would you like to travel more than your bank account allows you to? Do you enjoy talking to people and experiencing different cultures with locals? Then this platform may be just the thing for you. TalkTalkBnb allows you to see the world for free and mingle with the locals, all while using your language skills. So, where would you like to go?
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Two volunteers working with refugees in Berlin set out to create a solution to the administrative and financial challenges that stop refugees accessing higher education. In 2015 they founded Kiron Open Higher Education.
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Good air quality in cities is a real challenge. Traffic, building sites, roadworks, rubbish trucks: the toxic particles that they generate all pose a serious health threat, and it's one that's invisible to the naked eye. Enter AirVisual.
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By bringing together locals and foreigners through intercultural exchange, Migraflix is helping to flip the typical immigrant paradigm on its head. Rather than being seen as foreigners in need of help from their new country, instead they become entrepreneurs, enriching their new communities with their own unique skills.
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