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Eco Factor: Streetlamp concept composts trash for energy. A major percentage of the total amount of electricity consumed by a city is used up by lighting systems. Industrial designer Haneum Lee has come up with a concept lighting system that not...

Eco Factor: Food waste being converted into methane to produce electricity. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that food waste accounts for about 20% of all landfill waste and each year more than 30 million tons of food waste makes it...

Eco Factor: Hydrogen generating station uses landfill gas as raw material for a clean fuel. Hydrogen is undoubtedly the fuel the world needs for a green future. Auto makers have already rolled out demonstration vehicles that use hydrogen as a...

Eco Factor: Human waste to be recycled into biogas for heating and cooking. We all know that human waste can be converted into methane, which is a combustible fuel that has a wide variety of uses ranging from generating electricity to cooking...

Eco Factor: New technology allows excess renewable energy to be converted into methane for cloudy, windless days. The major problem associated with any renewable energy generator, especially wind and solar power systems, is that they are highly...

Eco Factor: Biogas-powered German town to become the first in the world. Lünen, a small town north of Dortmund, Germany, will soon become the first town in the world that will be powered by biogas generated from horse and cow manure. Apart from..

Eco Factor: Genetically engineered cattle to produce less methane and consume less food. A race is going on between the biggest car manufacturers on the planet to develop the most fuel-efficient and low-emission car that can rule the roads without.

Eco Factor: Carbon neutral process uses electricity to generate methane. A team of Penn State Engineers have developed a new technique that could possibly convert electricity into methane, using self-perpetuating microorganisms commonly found in...

Eco Factor: Low emission gas hydrates to heat homes and perhaps generate electricity too. Solar and wind energy are the two most researched sources of energy, which researchers expect can take the burden of our energy-dependent world once...

Eco Factor: Ecofriendly toilet converts human waste into cooking fuel. According to statistics, about 2.6 billion people in the world lack access to basic sanitation facilities and toilets. This improper disposal of human waste is a major cause of.