• #Hydrogen
  • #Renewable Energy
  • #Circuler Economy

All Waste into Renewable Energy [ZERO WASTE PROJECT BIOTECHWORKS-H2]

BIOTECHWORKS-H2, Inc.

  • #Hydrogen
  • #Renewable Energy
  • #Circuler Economy

PRIZE

  • Hydrogen Economy Prize
  • clothing to hydrogen

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David Benjamin

Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Hydrogen Economy Prize

Like the Glucose Economy articulated by former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Hydrogen Economy helps us imagine a society based not on polluting and limited resources like petroleum, but instead on clean and renewable resources like plant sugars and hydrogen. This project admirably takes on greenwashing in the fashion industry, and targets components of the waste stream that are difficult to recycle. This is crucial because the circular economy will require the recirculation of not just easy-to-reuse components, but also difficult-to-reuse components. In addition, the project involves advanced scientific research as well as industrialized processing. The result is the conversion of organic waste into clean hydrogen that can provide abundant energy. There is clearly the potential to scale up and have a very big impact on global waste and carbon emissions. And more fundamentally, the project aims to transform our collective understanding of what is possible, as it fosters “both environmental recovery and a shared sense of wonder.”

Sachiko Hirosue

Osaka Namari-Suzu Seirensho Co., Ltd. President and CEO

clothing to hydrogen

Time is passing by without action, and just waiting for “reduce” “reuse” is no longer an excuse. With that mindset, there were no takers, so they went abroad and worked on the technology - and now, are actively working on setting up a pilot plant in Japan - this is an interesting and dynamic turn of events in the circular economy of degrading organic matter into hydrogen. They are now collecting clothing, to enter the waste from fast fashion.

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