Lotus fibre for sustainable fashion
Artisan production of alternative silk- and leather-like materials from lotus stem waste.
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Electric vehicles for public transport
Design, development and local manufacturing of electric vehicles (primarly buses) and charging infrastructure (including from grid connected renewables) that are custom designed for the public transpo...
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Repurposing Glass Waste
Decentralized system for glass waste collection and shredding for onward application as aggregate in building products.
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Bioplastics made from coffee husk and agricultural by-products
Production of bio-resins for diverse packaging and product applications using a mix of lignin rich coffee husk and starch-rich agro residues (from sweet potatoe, corn or cassava).
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Modular: future for sustainable construction
Resource efficient factory-based production of pre-fabricated and prefitted building modules, with inclusion of secondary materials as fillers, that significantly reduces total material use for the bu...
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Plastics recovery from municipal solid waste
Improved (municipal) waste collection and establishment of material recovery facility to recover recyclable plastics for supply to recyclers.
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Community-based recovery of plastic waste
Social enterprise that pays local community for retrieving ocean-bound and other plastic wastes, recovers recyclables and recycles plastics into recycled board and other products. Has established and ...
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Design and manufacturing of recycled plastic automotive parts
(Re)design of plastic automotive parts for production from recycled plastics and with lower material use, deploying advanced energy and material efficient technology, and achieving zero waste to landf...
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Circular economy in luxury hospitality
Sustainable resort operations, including through energy and water efficient devices, composting, organic gardening, plastics use elimination and local and sustainable sourcing.
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Pioneering Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles in Tourism
Operates a fleet of 160 electric vehicles (incl. scooters, buggies) for guests and hotel operations, with on-site charging station and repair service. Installed rooftop solar panels with battery stora...
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Premium cascara tea from previously discarded coffee waste
Sustainable, low input coffee farming and selective harvesting to prevent berry fermentation and to enable the use of previously discarded coffee husk to be processed into a herbal cascara (or coffee ...
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Greening bamboo and rattan production
Introduction of new product designs based on bamboo and rattan offcuts. Application of heat forming technique to reduce the use of glues in product finishing.
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