Local agrowaste management solutions

AGROWASTEBUSTERS wrote: Several solutions have been proposed: platform of agricultural challenges: web platform to connect farmers with challenges with experts to solve them. Agroecology education programme: focused on teachers and students. Local composting: composting bins andsupervision for the in situ treatment of wastes from orchards. Subsidies and prizes: mechanical processing of wastes to get value from them. Local pilot gardens: demonstrative gardens in abandoned land for testing and commercialisation of sustainable agricultural solutions. Grinder 2. 0: intelligent system to match biowastes with the closest and most convenient prunning grinder... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

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Traveling training center.

Traveling Training Center. wrote: The procedure is the next:1º cite the residents of the area in a location known to the local population using the most effective means for this population. In his case the car of the dead, posters in the most visited places such as bars, casinos, shops and senior centers . 2º carry out the assembly of the tent in the selected place and proceed to the training work. The training will be mostly practical. The training provided is divided into three main parts:1º make visible the damage caused by the burning of stubble both at the collective level (co2 emissions, fire risk), and at the individual level, since due to the aspiration of gases and suspended particles derived from burning by the farmer himself ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

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Ceramics heating panels that save energy

BOTANICA wrote: Introduction: o in spain, 1 out of 5 households heats their home with electrical heaters. -these households use this type of heating because they may not live in the coldest parts of spain or they don´t need heating all year round. -however, electrical heating is one of the most inefficient ways of heating. -every year, 20 million tons of co2 is emitted to produce the electricity for these heaters. O we have developed a product is the saveheat panel, and we intend on selling these panels to households at 225€/panel. O the tile is heated using the same technology every household has in its home: microwaves. -the microwaves are produced in a heating cell, which you can see in the top ri.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Yased

Yased wrote: Given the upward trend in plastic production and use and the fact that over 80% of this plastic is not recycled. Up to now, clearance of plastics is mainly done by incineration and accumulation in landfills. There is an evident and urgent need to find an efficient way to recycle it quickly, ecologically and cheaply. Our product, yased, fulfils these necessities as it provides a way high-capacity dissolving element which generates an end-product that can be purified and used as raw material for new products. Yased is aimed at companies dedicated to the management of plastic waste... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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We build bikes made from recycled plastic

Urban R-PET bike by Kinethic wrote: At kinethic we're going to use trash plastic bottles to improve urban mobility by recycling them and making bicycles. There will be different models in order to fit needs such as commuting, taking children to school, carrying goods or doing therapy with the disabled... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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IFLUR

IFLUR wrote: Iflur is a project dedicated to the recovery and use of energy, focused on finding energy and efficient solutions before problems related to energy thanks to the use of alternative and disruptive technologies, accompanied by originality and innovation. All with the purpose of improving ecosystems using the perfect symbiosis between technology and environment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Kenso Solutions

Kenso Solutions wrote: What we do is to give a clear and precise answer to the question of the automotive companies: “when is the machine going to break?”. To know this, we install a specific hardware in the machine to detect the information and then, using a specific software installed previously in an ipad, we can know when and where the machine is going to break. With our solution the automotive companies can avoid a lot of costs, and this can be translated in saving of important quantity of co2... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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EOGU

EOGU wrote: Our innovative device is a new system of produce electricity. Consist of a grid of small nozzels, that accelerate the wind speed, with small vertical wind turbines in the throat... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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NIGHTWAY Smart Bus Stop

NIGHTWAY Smart Bus Stop wrote: We are building not only a solar powered bus stop, with a structure made of recycled plastics and a new lighting technology, but a connexion point for smart territories, which wants to break many paradigms in the people's way of life,. Our project is developed by a multidisciplinar team, combining different technologies. The result is an hollistic approach to climate change which includes: sustainable mobility, renewable and energy efficiency, circular economy, approach to the digital divide and smart cities... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Intelligent tag to show food freshness

Oscillum wrote: Oscillum is a biotechnology company that focus its activity on the food safety industry. We are developing smart labels that once placed in contact with fresh food such as fish and meat it will measure the estate of that product and will notify consumers whether their food is edible or not by a simple color change. Our idea is to develop a more efficient system to prevent food wasting. Our labels are biodegradable, works into the packaging and once it is open and is very easy to use and to understand as it works by color changes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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