Efficient plastic recycling in Graz

REDDD wrote: The eu parliament has set a goal of recycling 50% of the produced plastic waste starting from 2025. In austria 28% of the annually produced plastic waste is currently recycled. That is because there are some issues with the waste separation carried out by the consumer and not all of the plastic waste from the recycling bin is actually recycled. That’s why we came up with a new waste collection/sorting system based on the deposit scheme already in use for glass bottles. The relevant collection machine works by scanning the barcode of the plastic packaging, looking up in a database if the product is recyclable, sorting the waste in a designated container and storing the information about which product was collected for further use... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Austria

Efficient solar modules for electric vehicles

Sharp Corporation have developed a solar module with one of the world’s highest conversion efficiencies, which enables on-vehicle charging for electric vehicles (EVs) to increase their range without frequent plug-in battery charging. A triple-junction compound was used to capture a wider range of the spectrum of sunlight, leading to a conversion efficiency for a solar module of 31.17% for 968 cm². With such a high rate of efficiency, the modules can be integrated into EV design and have an impact on energy generation.

Japan

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Efficient wind turbine

KiteX wrote: We are developing a new kind of wind turbine, using kite and drone technology. It is very suitable for deploying in remote locations such as islands that are often relying on expensive and dirty diesel today... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark

ELECO

ELECO wrote: Eleco is a web platform with 3 sections and functionalities: 1、online e-flea market. People can sell second hand devices/ broken devices/ components of the devices. The repairers can buy what they need to fix other devices. 2、repair. When people want to fix some electronic objects they have two opportunities to do that: users who has broken small electronic devices could join repair cafes and then decide to fix their object paying a small amount of money, or obtain repairment for free deciding to participate in workshops. Users who want to repair big electronic devices (e. G... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy

ELECO (Electronic Ecosystem)

RaeEUSE wrote: Eleco is a web platform. The sustainability of eleco is guaranteed by a win-win solution: the repairers are part of an ever growing, self sustained and thriving community. Citizens are incentivized to repair because they can have easy access to repair service at convenient prizes or even collaborate with experts in order to become themselves repairers. There will be 3 main sections and functionalities in the site: 1、online e-flea market. People can sell second hand devices/ broken devices/ components of the devices. The repairers can buy what they need to fix other devices. 2、repair... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy

Electric folding bikes as a service

Bikefy wrote: Bikefy offers electric folding bikes as monthly subscription. This allows companies to easily rent as many bikes as needed when they need it. The basic subscription includes the bike, a lock as well as maintenance and service. Helmets and bags can be added on top on demand. This electric folding bike subscription is the ideal companion for monthly public transport tickets, eliminating the last mile issue in commuting. By offering an easy to use solution to commuters' last mile problem with public transport we aim at eliminating the need for commuting by car. This will safe huge amounts of ghg emissions and free up parking space for more useful uses... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Finland

Electric hybrid conversion for petrol scooters

Replacing parts of petrol-fueled scooter vehicles with a battery-like conversion kit, thus allowing the scooters to become hybrid

India

Electric pedal vehicles for last-mile delivery

Transport of passengers or small packages over short distances in urban areas is heavily reliant on conventional vehicles utilising internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Peddlesmart’s innovation involves zero-emissions [at point of use], pedal electric vehicles capable of carrying people or small freight loads. Current models in development can carry loads of up to 200kg with 350kg and 500kg models in development. Significant carbon emissions can be avoided in comparison to conventional ICE technology.

United Kingdom

Electric powered taxi services

Ekorent provides a taxi hailing service based on electric vehicles and renewable energy, and is therefore environmentally friendly when the electricity comes from renewable energy sources. The service, called Nopia ride, is intended to be an easy to hail, affordable and 100 % emission-free way to get around. Nopia is now available in Nairobi, Kenya. Their mission is to reduce harmful air-pollution and offer affordable electric rides to everyone.

Finland

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Electric three-wheeler city taxi

Bzzt Taxi Pods provides an app-based taxi service in urban areas through the use of small electrically powered 3-wheel taxis at the price point of public transport and with zero local emissions. All the taxi pods in the fleet are Light Electrical Vehicles and the fleet operation is optimized with an inhouse software. Onwards, the fleet could also serve as a flexible and low emission alternative for last mile urban deliveries.

Sweden

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