Health care workers are facing a shortage of masks during the COVID-19 crisis. To avert the severity of the crisis and stop the spread of the virus, many people are making their own face coverings to help ease the mask shortage. People are judiciously turning
Lincoln Wamae sees an opportunity when he sees a discarded laptop or any other scrap material in a junkyard. He makes custom electric wheelchairs from recycled scrap materials that he collects from junkyards. It all started out as a hobby which turned into a passion
Researchers have created a mutant bacterial enzyme to recycle plastic bottles within hours. The enzyme, initially discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles to chemical building blocks that were then used to make high-quality new bottles. Prevailing recycling technologies usually produce plastic
Given the pressing shortage of ventilators in hospitals during the COVID-19 emergency, a team from MIT has designed an efficient and inexpensive open source ventilator for coronavirus patients. A rapidly gathered volunteer team of engineers, physicians, computer scientists, and others (all centered at MIT) is
Determined on their target to curtail the plastic that overflow into oceans by 80 percent in the next few years, Dutch non-profit organization, The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) recently launched a solar-powered device that is said to help the company achieve this ambitious goal. The organization
As the borders close and public places shut down amidst the current coronavirus outbreak, a group of Buddhist monks near Bangkok has turned to their faith in order to help contain the spread of the virus. They have been making face masks from recycled plastic
We often throw out things when they are no longer of use to us. Well, that’s how it works. But, most of the time, things like wood, metal, plastic, and cloth – can be given a new lease of life by upcycling discarded waste. Recycling
In a race to cut emissions, the global community is striving to explore renewable energy resources. Being the most promising alternative, the countries are increasing their solar power capacity for the past few years. However, the local manufacturing for solar components such as solar Photovoltaic
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has finished the feasibility study of extending the Bandra-Versova sea link till Virar. The proposal for an eco-friendly yet longer coastal road will soon be submitted to the state government. To prevent the harmful impact of construction on
The race to increase the renewable energy generation capacity has gone global in the past few years. Likewise, Indian subcontinent has a high potential for solar and wind power generation. According to a recent report by the National Institute of Wind Energy, the country’s cultivable