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🚗🔋 As EV demand grows, so does the amount of volume of lithium-ion battery waste. How is one Italian startup putting used EV batteries to good use? Reefilla, a startup based in Italy, transforms spent batteries into flexible, green energy solutions for situations where access to the grid is limited or unavailable, offering a sustainable alternative to diesel-powered generators. Take a look at the full story now ➡️ https://bit.ly/3PlHq4G #EVs #GreenEnergy #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters

🏡 Around 80% of today's buildings will still be with us in 2050, and a lot of these are old, drafty, and dependent on polluting energy sources. How do we make our homes fit for the future? In our new report, co-created with sustainable elevator company Aritco, we take a look at how the world can accelerate the retrofitting revolution to deliver on global climate goals – with a focus on the cutting-edge innovations helping us get there. You can dive into the full report today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/efwCKdb8 #Retrofitting #Sustainability #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters

Thank you, Matilda Cox, for featuring Tombot on Springwise. https://lnkd.in/gaRsqMf3 #dementia #caregiver #alzheimer's #companionrobots

🏡 Around 80% of today's buildings will still be with us in 2050, and a lot of these are old, drafty, and dependent on polluting energy sources. How do we make our homes fit for the future? In our new report, co-created with sustainable elevator company Aritco, we take a look at how the world can accelerate the retrofitting revolution to deliver on global climate goals – with a focus on the cutting-edge innovations helping us get there. You can dive into the full report today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/efwCKdb8 #Retrofitting #Sustainability #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters

🎄🎁 Compared with the rest of the year, our waste generation during the Christmas period goes up by 30 per cent. There are lots of ways we can help to reduce our environmental footprint while still entering into the festive spirit, including by buying more eco-conscious presents. If you still need to do some last-minute shopping, why not take a look at our top 10 sustainable gift ideas from 2024? #Christmas #Sustainable #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters

🩺🦴 Around 2.2 million bone grafts are carried out every year – real bone for these procedures is in short supply, and existing synthetic replacements can often be ineffective. Now, researchers from Swansea University have 3D printed a coral-inspired graft material that could help to make these procedures more sustainable, affordable, and safe. Dive into the full story now on Springwise ➡️ #Research #HealthTech #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters https://bit.ly/3P7QYzQ

🎄🎁 Compared with the rest of the year, our waste generation during the Christmas period goes up by 30 per cent. There are lots of ways we can help to reduce our environmental footprint while still entering into the festive spirit, including by buying more eco-conscious presents. If you still need to do some last-minute shopping, why not take a look at our top 10 sustainable gift ideas from 2024? #Christmas #Sustainable #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters

♻️ Because it can't be recognised by normal sorting technologies, black plastic is notoriously tricky to recycle. Could this new process – involving sunlight – change that? Researchers from Princeton University and Cornell University have found that exposing black plastic to sunlight or high-intensity LEDs can help to depolymerise and break down the plastics to make them easier to recycle. #Recycling #Plastics #Innovation #InnovationThatMatters Erin Stache Hanning Jiang

Fellow start-ups, what's is your 'favourite' funding application process? Some have 30+ long in depth questions, some do a video pitch, one asked for summary in two #225 character answers! and pet hate - some make you choose a single area of impact, leaving us torn between: recycling 92 Million tonnes of textile waste OR avoiding the 500Million tonnes of CO2e generated from dumping and burning them. Luckily our for our new favourite The Earthshot Prize nominees can have more than one area of impact, it's 5 straight forward questions and submitted in an afternoon! Thanks to Matilda & Springwise for the nomination and thanks to Earthshot for the refreshing and streamlined process!