Tag: recycling

1st Google Startups Accelerator supports tech solutions to global issues

Google has opened the first Google for Startups Accelerator: Circular Economy which aims to support startups and nonprofits in APAC and North America that are using tech to solve global challenges such as pollution, waste and recycling, and climate change and biodiversity loss.

Human Nature, Holcim Philippines partner to lessen plastic waste

Holcim Philippines and social enterprise Human Nature have teamed up to lessen plastics going to landfills with the former using used shampoo bottles and other plastic packaging as alternative fuels in making cement.

OFW architect Rowel Naanep makes recycled mini art Philippine Jeepneys

OFW architect Rowel Naanep crafted the iconic miniature Jeepney from recycled materials in a bid to reduce plastic waste and boost environmental sustainability.

Quezon City barangay collects computers, appliances e-waste for recycling

Barangay West Triangle in Quezon City is showing how communities can help the environment as it conducted a collection campaign for broken or discarded electrical and electronic equipment that can be sent off for...

Puerto Princesa’s Eco-Artist JC Enon wins iCARES Earth Hero Award in Las Vegas

Puerto Princesa's Eco-Artist JC Jandro Enon has been named an iCARES Earth Hero Awardee by the 2019 interEdx Center for Advanced Research on Energy and Sustainability (iCARES) and The World Education Summit on Sustainability...

Rags2Riches: Helping artisans weave a better future

For years, an informal cottage industry spearheaded by rag-weavers living in Payatas, Quezon City was operated by the many artisans, mostly women, who developed a means to earn a living by recycling factory end-cuts and rejects, into hand-woven foot rugs.
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