What if empty coke bottles were never thrown away?

A Coca-Cola, mais uma vez, decidiu ter uma ideia genial e pôr este Mundo a pensar na reutilização.

Ver vídeo em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWgCQgzJOU4

RIVESTI

Uma empresa brasileira nasceu quando um grupo de brasileiros decidiram começar a fabricar pastilhas para revestimento a partir de materiais 100% reciclados - uma mistura de embalagens de plástico PET (85%) e aditivos minerais reaproveitados (15%). O investimento foi acima dos 5 milhões de euros, o tempo que duraram os estudos e os testes até ao produto final compensou na inovação sustentável que representa.

Mais informações em: http://www.hypeness.com.br/2014/05/empreendedor-cria-pastilhas-para-revestimento-atraves-de-garrafa-pet/ e http://www.rivesti.com.br/

Clever Caps

Uma marca brasileira começou a criar tampas inovadoras para as mais variadas embalagens que existem: as Clever Caps - semelhantes às peças de LEGO, estas tampas podem ser reutilizadas e montadas com o intuito de criar vários outros objectos.

Estas tampas têm duas vidas. Na primeira são eficientes sistemas de fechamento, compatíveis com as embalagens comuns. Na sua segunda vida são blocos de montagem, que podem ser usadas para as crianças brincarem e juntarem já aos seus Legos e outras peças semelhantes ou, simplesmente, para a montagem de objectos simples, de decoração ou utilitários para a casa.

Mais informações em: http://www.cleverpack.com.br/clever-caps/ e http://www.hypeness.com.br/2014/05/tampinhas-de-garrafa-inovadoras-viram-pecas-de-montar/

Megacities, Andrew Marr

2010, BBC

Living in the City (1/3)

Like human arteries, motorways, roads and train-lines are the lifeblood of any healthy megacity. Whether smoothly flowing or clogged, a city's transport routes affect its inhabitants' quality of life. Andrew Marr finds out how the monstrous megacities stay fed.

He also finds out just how hard it is to ride a rickshaw taxi in Dhaka, and discovers how the London tube, once the most ground-breaking transport system in the world, has been usurped by modern transport like Shanghai's 400km/hour magnetic railway.

Andrew joins Mexico City's traffic cops in the air, then finds out who is in charge of unblocking Mexico's most filthy canals. He looks into Dhaka's waste management problems, and sees what Britain's fast food obsession is doing to London's sewers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZgm8f8K_w0


Cities on the Edge (2/3)

Safety and security are two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis. Whether earthquake, terrorism, flood or just crime, it's the geology, politics and social makeup of the megacities that make them some of the most profitable and dangerous places to live.

Andrew starts in Mexico City, the kidnap capital of the world. The compactness of the megacity often means that the super rich must live closely beside the super poor. Andrew finds out how evasive driving and bulletproof vests are protecting Mexico's super rich and middle classes.

In London, he joins a Metropolitan Police riot unit on a practice routine, and hangs out with boy racers in Tokyo. And he meets the canine helpers responsible for saving lives in the event of terrorist attack.

Tokyo, Mexico City, Dhaka - the megacities are victims of their shifting geologies. Andrew explores how sea levels, earthquakes and floods are putting some of our most promising cities at risk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag-74cPcSjM

Sustaining the City (3/3)

Like human arteries, motorways, roads and train-lines are the lifeblood of any healthy megacity. Whether smoothly flowing or clogged, a city's transport routes affect its inhabitants' quality of life. Andrew Marr finds out how the monstrous megacities stay fed.

He also finds out just how hard it is to ride a rickshaw taxi in Dhaka, and discovers how the London tube, once the most ground-breaking transport system in the world, has been usurped by modern transport like Shanghai's 400km/hour magnetic railway.

Andrew joins Mexico City's traffic cops in the air, then finds out who is in charge of unblocking Mexico's most filthy canals. He looks into Dhaka's waste management problems, and sees what Britain's fast food obsession is doing to London's sewers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xux4N-iuwEM