recycle ocean waste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 21 May 2019 17:34:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Invention Can Harvest Battery Material from the Ocean https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-invention-can-harvest-battery-material-from-the-ocean-20190519/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-invention-can-harvest-battery-material-from-the-ocean-20190519/#respond Sun, 19 May 2019 05:16:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68406 Most batteries we use nowadays are based on cobalt. Tons of this mineral comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, often from the bare hands of children. These batteries are often powered by other unethical practices. Moreover, the predicted dominance of electric vehicles and the need for grid-scale energy storage have heightened concerns that cobalt, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-invention-can-harvest-battery-material-from-the-ocean-20190519/feed/ 0 68406 Adidas Makes Sportswear From Recycled Ocean Trash https://www.greenoptimistic.com/adidas-recycled-ocean-trash/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/adidas-recycled-ocean-trash/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:37:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55590 Adidas, together with researchers from Alfred-Wegener-Institut and the conservation group ‘Parley for the Oceans’, developed the first-of-its-kind prototype of sports shoes made entirely from ocean trash. The amount of ocean trash has already exceeded any acceptable norm or limit, but it does not mean that people should give up on the idea of preventing it from […]

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