Airports can power entire cities with the help of solar panels
Australia could successfully produce an estimated 466 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electrical energy each year
Officials suggested giving each house in far-off villages a solar panel, which would be cost effective and save investment in transmission lines, as connecting such remote areas to the national power grid was very costly. PHOTO: FILE
According to a new study published by researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, if Australia installs solar panels on top of all 21 of its government-owned airports, the country could successfully generate an estimated 466 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electrical energy each year.
Recycling mountains of pandemic masks
Used to curb the spread of COVID-19, face masks are exacerbating another pandemic: plastic pollution
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Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use masks into road material. In the US, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars.
Used to curb the spread of COVID-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: plastic pollution.
Around 129 billion disposable masks are used every month around the world, according to the American Chemical Society.
A nurse takes a bag of used protective face masks out of a designated recycling bin for used masks last month at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris.
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Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use
Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars.
Used to curb the spread of Covid-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: plastic pollution.
Around 129 billion disposable masks are used every month around the world, according to the American Chemical Society.
Made out of polypropylene plastic material, elastic and metal, used masks are usually thrown out in garbage bins, destined for landfills, or incinerated.
They are also littering streets, rivers and oceans, harming wildlife.
But researchers and companies are looking for ways to put masks to good use, though it is not a very profitable venture at the moment.