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In Australia, 20 million tyres are disposed of every year. Most of them end up in landfills. Yet, they pose a serious threat to the environment due to pollution and fire risk. On the other hand, they become the perfect nest for mosquitos in countries such as Latin...
The throw-away culture is reaching its peak since the latest IPPC report issued a “last call” for humanity to take urgent measures against climate change in the following years. Some of these measures need to entail a shift in our production and consumption patterns...
Waste-to-Energy (WtE) or energy recovery from waste is the conversion of non-recyclable waste materials into useable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes. It recovers waste that would normally pile up in a landfill and uses it for meaningful...
Recycling plastic bottles and transform them into valuable alternative products is one of the biggest challenges nowadays. According to a 2016 report by the World Economic Forum, plastics lose 95% of their material value after a single-use. Besides that, plastic...
We present REVALUO, our waste to energy system with which, through three different processes, we recover, recycle and transform up to 90% of a city's MSW. All this generating a series of products with an important economic value, zero emissions and creating hundreds...
Recycling end-of-life tires(ELTs) with REVALUO is completely clean. This non-burn waste-to-energy system is low-carbon and produces less than 4g/h per tonne of waste. Besides that, the plants recycling old tires obtain the most profit. Indeed, we can recycle 100% of...
Waste mismanagement in developing countries is becoming a leading concern. According to a report by the World Bank, global waste will increase by 70 percent from 2016 by 2050. In addition, this is meant to be especially dramatic for low-income countries as they...
Plastic pollution in Senegal has become a major crisis. In 2010 the country ranked 21st among the world’s top ocean polluters - 254,700 tonnes. Hence, in 2015 Senegal passed a law to ban single-use plastic bags prohibiting the production, import, distribution, or use...
Spain ranked seventeenth this year in the Energy Transition Index report by the World Economic Forum. In addition, it overcame countries such as Germany, EEUU, Belgium, or Canada. On the other hand, the first positions in the ranking were occupied by the Nordic...
Cameroon has been struggling against plastic pollution for years. The country produces around 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year according to estimations. Thus, in 2014 the government banned the import, production, and distribution of single-use plastics....
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