The Dutch are paving streets with toilet paper, to great success
In the Netherlands, recycled toilet paper beginning to be used to pave streets in a more environmentally friendly manner. A 1-kilometer stretch of ...
Go Ignite announces tech start-ups winners
Go Ignite, an alliance of the world’s largest telcos, announced the winners of the second global search for tech start-ups. The winners were chosen ...
Data sharing utilized to combat childhood obesity
The Data Lab is partnering up with UNICEF to encourage organizations from a diverse range of sectors to share their data in order to solve pressing ...
Deutscher Nachbarschaftspreis 2017: Landessieger Hamburg
Die Sieger des Nachbarschaftspreises 2017 wurden vor kurzem verkündet und SmartCityNews.global stellt nun im Rahmen einer Reihe von Artikeln den ...
Dubai introduces new electric car incentives
The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy has announced several new incentives to encourage the use of plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles. As part of the ...
Uber and LeasePlan launch EV pilot in Amsterdam
The auto leasing company LeasePlan and Uber are partnering in launching 30 all-electric Nissan LEAFs to be installed in Amsterdam and put into the hands ...
AkzoNobel to power Dutch factories only with wind
AkzoNobel has signed a major new wind power supply contract with Eneco to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19 kilotons a year. Paint and coatings made ...
California might ban combustion engines in near future
With China being the principle driver of the idea that internal combustion engines are a thing of the past, ardent climate change activist Governor Jerry ...
Ford & Lyft partner up to bring autonomous cars to the people
Ford announced a giant pilot program in the framework of which their vehicles will be integrated into the Lyft application. During times of high demand, ...
Sheep wool for building insulation proves smart and healthy
Nevada-based startup Havelock Wool is taking the environmental and health advantages of sustainable sheep’s wool and puts them to use for building ...
