Helsinki sponsors innovative experiments to prevent plastic waste in the Baltic Sea
Four experiments to combat marine litter in the Baltic Sea have received support from the City of Helsinki. A startup named Clewat tested a new kind of waste collection ship that effectively collects macro and microplastics from seawater, while Innogreen developed a green wall to filter plastic debris out of stormwater. Bioharbour analysed plastic volumes in cruise ships’ food waste that enters the Baltic Sea, and Bloft Design Lab developed a giant 3D printer to print SUP boards from plastic waste retrieved from shore areas. The experiments were conducted during 2020 in Helsinki’s coastal and
Thursday, 2 p.m. "Moin," – regional short-form for good morning – echoes happily from the phone. That's right, in the north they say “Moin” all day. But Florian Lindschulten means it that way. “I'm on the night shift this week, now I've just got up.” Florian is 34 years old and works at RKW in Nordhorn as a process mechanic in extrusion. In 2004, he started his training in Nordhorn and has been working there ever since. So far, so normal. And just not. “I have cystic fibrosis,” says Florian.Cystic fibrosis is a congenital metabolic disease. Around 8,000 people in Germany live with cystic
The Swedish tech company Fidesmo enters a collaboration with one of the world’s largest payment networks, Visa. The collaboration enables more banks to offer the secure and convenient wearable payment service Fidesmo Pay.The integration between Fidesmo and Visa’s tokenisation platform VTS opens up for any bank issuing Visa payment cards to activate the payment service Fidesmo Pay. Activating Fidesmo Pay gives customers the opportunity to put a Visa payment card token into a variety of wearables – bracelets, keyrings or watchstraps, to mention a few – to tap and pay on any contactless
