Tag Archives: Shanghai
World Record set for most bottles recycled in eight hours in Shanghai
April 6, 2011The Shanghai Education Commission and the Water Business Unit of Nestlé came up with a novel way to recycle a load of bottles and set out to break a Guinness World record in the bargain. Recycling 8,799.9 kg of bottles … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Plastic_bottle, Shanghai, World_record | Leave a commentDriverless solar powered cars to travel 8,000 miles from Rome to Shanghai
July 26, 2010Looks like solar powered unmanned vehicles are proving themselves to be as energy efficient as ever these days. First the Zephyr aircraft, and now this, a pair of driverless cars to set out on a record breaking journey, powered by … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Car, Driverless, Rome, Shanghai, Solar_Power | Leave a commentThe eco-friendly Purple Silkworm shapes up for the Shanghai Expo 2010
May 5, 2010The Purple Silkworm is a dream come thru. We’ve heard of the Japanese planning this for the Shanghai Expo 2010. Well guess what, its being built just for that. Watching blue-prints come to life, especially for a structure like this … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Eco-Friendly, Japan, Shanghai | Leave a commentUsed CD cases recycled to erect Solar Shanghai Pavilion
September 3, 2009Atelier Feichang Jianzhu is the brain behind the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion but what was more impressing were the thousands of plastic tubes that were made entirely from CD cases. These polycarbonate tubes can be recycled again at the end of … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Recycle, Shanghai, Solar_Power | Leave a commentSolar-powered trash cans speak out directions to loos in Shanghai
January 23, 2009Where else can you find speaking garbage bins with a touch of green element, but in China. It is reported that ten solar powered, speaking trash bins are put up at People’s Square, Shanghai. Powered by sun’s energy, the bins … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged China, Garbage_cans, Shanghai, Solar_Power, Trash_cans | Leave a commentShanghai plans a zero carbon emitting city by 2050
June 27, 2008There is a recent craze in reducing the amount of carbon emissions, and many are going so far as proclaiming of building an entire city that does not depend on any fossil fuels to cause any environmental damage whatsoever. China … Continue reading3
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