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ReGadget asks you to hock your electro-booty [Translation: Sell them your e-waste]
Looking to offload your ‘so last season’ gadgetry and wouldn’t mind pocketing some dosh in the process? New Melbourne-based business ReGadget was recently launched to offer real cash money for an assortment of out-of-date techtastic goodies, including mobile phones. Sound frivolous? Australia is responsible for exporting e-waste to China, India and other Asian countries at an estimated worth of $20 million per annum.
Peepoo: Solving the developing world's messy toilet problem
According to a report in the New York Times, Swedish entrepreneur Anders Wilhelmson has developed and tested a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet for urban slums in the developing world. The Peepoo can be buried after use, where a layer of urea crystals kills off pathogens that produce disease and converts the waste into fertilizer.
Peepoo: Solving the developing world’s messy toilet problem
According to a report in the New York Times, Swedish entrepreneur Anders Wilhelmson has developed and tested a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet for urban slums in the developing world. The Peepoo can be buried after use, where a layer of urea crystals kills off pathogens that produce disease and converts the waste into fertilizer.
