Thais design bicycle capable of purifying the air
The bicycle has not only become a sought-after means of transportation for its health benefits, but also for being environmentally friendly. Following this line, designers in Bangkok, Thailand, are currently working on what would be the first bicycle that, like plants, through photosynthesis would allow polluted air to be converted into pure air.
This bicycle would work through a method that is still being perfected. “In theory, its aluminum frame would run on a 'photosynthesis system' that generates oxygen through a reaction between water and electrical energy from a lithium-ion battery,” Fast Company explained through the fastcoexist portal. .
The company in charge of developing this system is Bangkok Lightfog and its scientists seek to further improve the qualities that make the bicycle the most efficient and environmentally friendly means of transportation in the world, according to themselves.
“We want to design products that can reduce air pollution in the city. “So we decided to design a bicycle because we think that bicycles are environmentally friendly vehicles for transportation,” explains creative director Silawat Virakul.
Its creators are working on the final Europe Cell Phone Number List details, but they intend for the bicycle to act as a true “two-wheeled plant” and they assure that it has many additional benefits: “Riding a bicycle can reduce crowding caused by traffic in a city. In addition, we wanted to add more value to a bicycle by adding a new capacity to reduce pollution,” emphasized Virakul.
A Latin American produces on average between one and 14 kilos of garbage per day, that is, up to a fifth of the average weight of a person. Altogether this amounts to 430,000 tons of solid waste per day, enough to fill stadiums such as the Maracaná or the Azteca several times over and put any collection and disposal system to the test.
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To put it in perspective, in Bolivia each person generates half a kilo of garbage per day, while Trinidad and Tobago leads the way with 14 kilos per capita. These numbers represent 60% more waste than was generated 18 years ago, but are still far from what will happen in another ten years, when the world will see this figure almost double, according to World Bank studies.
For many experts, the garbage dumps or landfills that abound in the region are thousands of dollars thrown away, paradoxically, in the trash. If separated at source, around 90% could be converted into fuel or recycled. When not, only 30% can be used for other uses.
Although Latin America is among the regions furthest behind in garbage recycling, some efforts are beginning to appear to give waste a destination that helps both the environment and the pocketbook.
An example is the experience of Ecofrigo in Mexico, which urged people to return their old, unused refrigerators to stores in exchange for a subsidy. This destroys them ecologically and prevents the refrigerant gas from escaping into the atmosphere and contributing to the greenhouse effect.
There are also landfills in Monterrey or Callao, Peru, which extract the biogas that is formed from decomposing garbage to produce energy. In the Callao landfill alone, CO2e emissions are reduced by 61,024 tons per year, which is equivalent to 112 flights from Lima to Bogotá.
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