At a glance

In the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, Nzambi Matee, a young entrepreneur at the head of the company Gjenge Makers, has developed a machine that converts plastic waste into sustainable building materials....

Exoneo, a recently-incorporated company specialising in biomechanics, has developed a high-performance polyarticulated foot prosthesis. It hopes to provide an accessible and easy-to-manufacture soluti...

Jellyfishbot is a small marine drone whose mission is to collect floating waste and oil-spills from the water’s surface. Commissioned in June 2018 in Cassis in the south of France, it has since been a...

Using plastic waste that accumulates in the environment to build affordable housing in sub-Saharan Africa is the thrust of a project started by Norwegian start-up Othalo....

Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux has unveiled the prototype of a vacuum cleaner made from 100% re-used components and recycled plastic....

Aeklys, the contactless connected ring that can replace a bunch of keys and a wallet, is a marvel of technology....

The Russian StartRocket company is developing a small 50-kilogram cylindrical autonomous satellite called the “Foam Debris Catcher”, which is intended to clean up space debris using long strands of st...

It describes itself as "the world's leading professional plastic fishing company" and has set itself the task of cleaning the Amsterdam and Rotterdam canals of plastic waste. To do this, Plastic Whale...

A new sustainable packaging for cosmetics has been created: a plastic bottle made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. A new technological process and a world first....