recycle plastic Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Metro Ticket in Exchange for Plastic Bottles in Rome https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68874 Rome introduced a new incentive to tackle plastic pollution and I’m loving it! The city officials have placed special machines on three main metro stations. The machines take empty plastic bottles, crush them, sort them and give ‘digital money’ in return. The value of a plastic bottle is 5 cents. This means that you would […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metro-ticket-in-exchange-for-plastic-bottles-in-rome-20191016/feed/ 0 68874 How to Build Your Own Plastic Recycling Plant https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-your-own-plastic-recycling-plant-20190219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-your-own-plastic-recycling-plant-20190219/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:29:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67906 In 2013 Dave Hakkens, a young guy from the Netherlands started this small movement called “Precious Plastic”. His idea is to boost plastic recycling around the world by making it accessible to everyone. Changing the idea that plastic recycling is only for big companies or people that counts on large amounts of money. His project […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-your-own-plastic-recycling-plant-20190219/feed/ 0 67906 New Plastic Paving System Captures Solar and Kinetic Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plastic-paving-system-captures-solar-kinetic-energy-20161220/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plastic-paving-system-captures-solar-kinetic-energy-20161220/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:08:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=62310 A new paving system, made out of recycled plastics, is able to harvest both solar and kinetic energy. I am a big fan of solar roads and solar bike lanes. It is true that in terms of efficiency and placement, these might not be the best. However, I cannot think of a better way to […]

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