Sustainable Tech
This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It’s Gold
Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is blanketing shorelines from Barbados to Cancún. It traps sea ...
Renewable Energy
How We Solved Renewables BIGGEST Problem
CORRECTION: the original version stated that silver “price has tripled in the past three years.” It’s demand that tripled, not price. As renewable ...
Misc
5 BEST Alternatives to Finally Replace Plastic
Plastic is firmly established in our daily lives, but it’s only existed for about a century or so. As we consider the long-term ...
Renewable Energy
What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels?
“So the panel comes at the bottom and the glass comes out at the top?” -Matt Ferrell “Yeah, the plastics and metals come ...
Renewable Energy
Why Aren’t Solar Panels Recycled (yet)?
Thanks to a 70% drop in price since 20101 and plenty of government subsidies, solar panels have become an integral part of the ...
Sustainable Tech
The Truth About Plastic Recycling … It’s Complicated
The 3R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle has been drilled into our heads as the way forward towards a sustainable future. The plastic industry focused ...
Sustainable Tech
Recycling Batteries: E Waste
This week I take a look at recycling batteries and avoiding e waste. With everything from mobile phones to EVs requiring something ...
