Ukraine, manmade or Natural Disasters,
use GREEN recovery
Value the Waste as you clean up
Horrific Destroyed – Circular Economic Opportunity!
Ukraine and other regions that have experienced catastrophe.
Disaster clean-up and repair – Think GREEN.
Sustainability, Circular Economy Reminders
Ukraine knows and is doing it!
ALL Disaster areas should do it too!
In this post:
Harvest the war waste and think Green/Circular
FOOD
DRINKING WATER
TOILETS
LIGHT
ENERGY – ELECTRICITY
WASTE to ENERGY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
THE STEEL COMPANY – Azovstal
…Remember a list at of other posts about WASTE to Energy
GREEN Tools to Recover
Do you see it? Recovery Thinking
You might have already been thinking about how to move to the New Circular Economy, but how could you stop what you were doing?
You have been forced to step back. Putin has forced the issue! Or the Climate has!
Putin, no doubt, thinks climate change is a EU/USA hoax.
Do you see the opportunity now in front of you?
In this destroyed Ukraine moment, there is plenty to learn from taking the time to re-think.
Disruptions can be opportunities….. even horrible disruptions like this War.
With thousands of people already returning to Ukraine, it is already time to begin working on “Ukraine’s finest hour” … the most powerful example of ZERO WASTE & NET ZERO fossil fuel that is possible today!
Green Reconstruction of Ukraine: Position of Civil Society
May 2022 – Over the last few weeks, the President of Ukraine repeatedly voiced in his speeches the ideas of post-war reconstruction of the country. On April 21st, a presidential Decree established the National Council for the Reconstruction of Ukraine from the Consequences of War. Although the full renovation of the country’s economy and infrastructure can only begin after the end of the large-scale military operations and liberation of occupied territories, discussions and plans for rebuilding Ukraine are already underway.
The key requirement is that Ukraine’s recovery should not be a return to the pre-war status but a full-fledged development and integration into the European Community based on “sustainable development principles” taking into account the European Green Deal.
The mission of the new “green” policy is to balance the interests of the public, business and the environment (ESG).
We realize that actions to support people’s livelihoods, such as the restoration of critical infrastructure, must be swift and rapid. However, when it comes to long-term planning and new capital construction, we need to think not only about the cost of projects as of today but also about their long-term effectiveness and full cost with a vision for the future.
Ukraine has shown the world how to fight. Now show the world how to REBUILD GREEN!
So much talent! War Recycling!
At an auto repair shop in Kyiv, mechanics used to working on car engines are instead applying their skills to heavy weaponry captured from Russian armoured vehicles. They are converting them into handheld weapons that can be used by Ukrainian troops.
I see that Ukraine is well versed in all the elements of the new Circular Economy and this is the time to use them!
Ukraine is Re-Thinking and acting…………….
The Ukraine is in a perfect position to act on:
Що таке циклічна економіка та як суспільство може переосмислити.
>>>>>>> here with Ukrainian subtitles! >>>>> Ukrainian [ua]
Investing in fully integrated sustainability produces higher “returns on Investment”. The World will invest in Ukraine! Investors will flock to Ukraine as it shows the world how to recover from disaster in a sustainable way.
REBUILD UKRAINE is part of https://u24.gov.ua/
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of the National Bank of Ukraine and allocated by assigned ministries to cover the most pressing needs:
Start your research and get ready to make an even bigger difference in the world than the people of Ukraine have already been forced to do. The Ukrainian people have only exhibited 1/2 of their strength. The rest is soon to come!
This post is full of reminders of the way to think in harmony with planet Earth….
Take another look at the ideas and technologies that can help Ukraine be GREEN today!!!!!
GREEN Tools to Recover
My investigations suggest many potential businesses, jobs, projects that can restore what Ukraine has lost, but in a sustainable way. It has been proven that investors are eager to invest in the GREEN WAY.
…………………Maybe one of these potential businesses, jobs, projects is useful to YOU!
FOOD
Grow greens
nearer to populations.
Ukraine is known as one of the “breadbaskets of the world”
Ukraine is closer to mother Earth than many places. There is a large and important agricultural industry in the Ukraine. Each family knows ways to grow green food, one of the most important nutritional groups. Ask your grandmother and grandfather. They Know.
DIY >>> Do It Yourself
17 Best Herbs and Vegetables You Can Grow Indoors in Water
To regrow lettuce, it is important that you cut the leaves so that the base remains intact. Place it in a shallow dish of water (about 1/2 inch) and keep it on a windowsill.
Change the water every 1 to 2 days. You will see it showing new growth in a week or two.
Small farmers: The unsung heroes of the Ukraine war
April 2022 …Ukrainian small farmers now make up as much as 98% of the country’s total harvest of potatoes, 86% of vegetables, 85% of fruits, and 81% of milk. … …“Nobody really discusses who stayed to farm. But who are the ones who are farming right now in Ukraine, and what are they farming, who is managing the food security of the country? It’s the small farmers producing a lot of these foodstuffs that stay in the country and actually nourish the country.”
Take a look at: #4 We Have How Many Years To Save Planet Earth?
Urban Farming – Food not grass
Priority for local food systems
Reducing the distance that food travels from the field to consumers’ plates is the basis for optimising logistics costs and reducing the use of resources for transporting and storing products. The shorter the field-to-fork distance, the more stable the food system.
plato – our mission is to strengthen civil society on the path to sustainable development. Our vision is to see significant changes in the eyes and actions of our fellow citizens in a decade. Our values are openness to new knowledge, critical thinking, and the ecological way of life. We have put the climate issue in the center of our attention.
Web site https://plato.lviv.ua/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plato.ua/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/plato_ua/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/plato_lviv_ua/
How do city people start their garden.
Green City Force, based in Brooklyn, NY, won a 2017 Project of the Year award for their Farms at New York City Housing Authority. The program created a new model of urban farming and pushes for equal access to healthy and organic produce in public housing communities in order to promote sustainable living.
http://www.greencityforce.org/
Сity Farm , UA– it is a new startup in Ukraine: greenhouses with vegetables and fish gardens at the center of the city. Urban farming is the thing of the future.
WASTED SPACE turned around >> Grow food closer to the population!
Richard Ballard and Steven Dring started Growing Underground with a crowdfunding campaign from Crowdcube.
Situated 33 meters underneath the streets of London in a World War II air raid shelter is Growing Underground, an urban farm. Our salad mixes are blends of mouth watering fresh herbs and salad leaves being supplied to all the major stores around London. The re-purposed air-raid shelter provides a perfectly controlled “growing environment”, allowing us to grow flavour packed, pesticide free salad leaves year-round. We employ the latest sustainable, hydroponics LED technology and thanks to our prime location food miles are greatly reduced. This gets our herbed salad mixes to London residents sooner, ensuring each tiny leaf bursts with flavour!
A Man from Odessa Created a Farm in the Basement of a High-Rise
Ivan Vorobyov used to work as a chef at a restaurant, where he noticed that healthy eating was gaining popularity, and decided to create the microgreen farm. Ivan doesn’t hide the secret of his success. He actively shares his knowledge and experience. Ivan opened a school, where he helps others create their farms.
SHIFTING THE WAY WE GROW FOOD WITH VERTICAL FARMING
Grow food closer to the population
Vertical Field’s urban farm is an accessible way to meet the rising population’s need for nutritious food by growing produce in any indoor or outdoor urban space. The unique geoponic (soil-based) platform is capable of growing over 200 crop types that can be planted and harvested easily, and grow to maturity within 21 days.
At Bowery, we dream of a world where agriculture gives back to the people and planet more than it takes. But to achieve this, we need more incremental Change.
It’s time to re-imagine farming from the ground up
Did you know that by 2050, we’ll need to produce 70% more food to feed an estimated world population of 10 billion? As it currently stands, our agricultural system cannot sustainably feed that many people, most of whom will be living in urban areas.
Urban Farming Technologies Help to grow More Affordable Food
From Ms. Ekaterina Zvereva, Director of Development of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UHA), in her column on “Interfax-Ukraine”.
GREEN Tools to Recover
and Food that will last longer, without freezing, that expands your supply chain!
New Tech Makes Perishable Food Last For Months Without a Fridge, Helping Farmers and the Planet
OUR TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND EXPAND THE WORLD SUPPLY CHAIN
Our first product is the first ever fresh-cut style, shelf-stable French fry – a fry that combines the deliciousness of fresh-cut with flexibility for food service around the world.
At Farther Farms, we commercialized a better way to sterilize foods using carbon dioxide instead of traditional techniques like steam or hot water.
This allows us to create products with high quality and novel attributes that never need to be refrigerated or frozen.
OR
Longer-lasting produce. Plant-based protection.
Apeel Sciences team went to work building a barrier/coating out of edible plant materials that would slow down the rate of spoilage in fresh fruits and vegetables.
Apeel Sciences was founded in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Time-Lapse 81 days Video 2020
Today, Apeel Sciences has developed products for dozens of USDA Organic Certified and conventional produce categories, and the company works with partners ranging from smallholder farmers and local organic growers to the world’s largest food brands to make better quality, more sustainable produce possible.
Drinking Water
Collect rain water from your apartment to drink ? Yes!
You could get 2 -bar clamps. Clamp a board or some pipes to the window sill and hang a board out the window as a platform to hold a small basin. This basin would have a small tube running to whatever container you want to fill. Just shut the window on the bar clamps. The window won’t close all the way, of course, but there would only be about a 1″ gap.
Here’s the general idea from the side. You could use clamps to hold a board to the window sill, and screw a small plastic tub to the board. It wouldn’t matter if the tub leaked a little because of the screws. Let the tub fill up, then open the valve to drain it into your water storage buckets. This way, it doesn’t matter if the tub overflows because it’s not in your house.
Singapore family in apartment sets up DIY rainwater collection system to make the most of rainy days
Do you have a balcony?
How to Collect Balcony Rain Water for Free off your balcony
This person came up with a no-frills, primitive, and extremely easy solution to a natural water source on my balcony.
Balcony Barrel is a rain barrel for your balcony garden and watering needs
Balcony Barrel is a rainwater harvesting system deployed on balconies with the goal of catching water. Easy Installation: set up in minutes, with no tools required – Ample, clean collection of Rain: from open sky and balconies above with a 30″ RainSaucer harvesting at least 2 gallons/inch of rain. An inline filter keeps debris from entering the tank. The product targets apartment dwellers.
If you are living at ground level
If you are living at ground level, here is one way to build a rainwater collection system using your roof. There are probably lots of ways to do this, but this way would work and be cheap and easy.
And keeping that system clean of debree.
keeping your collection system clean
Here is one way to help keep the cutter clean all the time and out of your rainwater collection.
Gutter leaf screens keep leaves out of the rainwater collection system
Maybe this would be useful somehow – amazing!
But to make the water drinkable……you will need a
DIY Rainwater Filter System
BUT A MUCH EASIER!
Like this:
Many are pulling water from Air
Until the regular water system is up and running, there are many Water from Air systems that can be set up fast.
How to make water from Air using some Plastic Bottles and a little fan
Israeli researchers develop technology producing water from air – Water for Everyone! even off-Grid
The H2OLL system involves two cyclic stages. First, it absorbs moisture from the air using a highly concentrated saline solution. Then, it separates the moisture from the desiccant and condenses the vapor under sub-atmospheric pressure conditions.
“Besides being energy efficient, the new technology offers an additional advantage: as part of the process the water undergoes pollutant removal processes,” Prof. Broday said. “Our technology turns water into a commodity produceable anywhere in the world. The prototype we have built demonstrates that the system works as expected.”
Off Grid – Solar Powered
Low Energy, Bacteria Free – Water from Air
H2OLL is an always-on, off grid, robust, affordable and reliable water service that effectively filters out pollutants and kills bacteria, creating pure drinkable water.
For the first time
Making water from air 24/7/365 is a true economic reality
Watergen’s patented technology creates high quality drinking water out of air for people everywhere. When Watergen says Everywhere they mean Everywhere, even on commercial vehicles if a water source is necessary on hand.
Watergen
GREEN Tools to Recover
TOILETS
Plumbers!
Water Distribution Operators! Container Based Sanitation that is water-free is an attractive, rapidly installed, alternative when toilets have been destroyed!
Take a look at: #5 Dry Toilet Sanitation For Our Growing Population
Here is an excellent example:
The fact that compost sanitation systems are waste-free and produce compost suitable for growing human food makes this an attractive sanitation alternative all over the world. Put it back in the soil!
Since the mid 90’s Mr. Joseph Jenkins has sold over 55,000 copies of his book The Humanure Handbook.
He has traveled the world showing people how to construct his Humanure toilet system. “The world’s humanure could be converted, through composting, into lush vegetative growth to feed our growing population. The humanure process involves a compost toilet, a compost bin and cover material. Toilet instructions are simple. There are a variety of ways to make a humanure toilet (or you can buy one).”
and
The Toilet redesigned with mushroom composite material to completely bio-degrade after use....
Compostable toilet using mushrooms tackles sanitation – VIDEO
Former Wall Scholars help students create award winning composting toilet
Each MYCOmmunity Toilet is grown from a heat-trapping mycelium biocomposite. This natural material rapidly decomposes human feces to eliminate pathogens. The fully-compostable tank is easily handled and serves as a planter for trees, grasses and crops that stabilize soils and enrich the local environment. By integrating communities across scales from microbes to people, the MYCOmmunity Toilet converts human waste into a valuable resource, empowering its users and improving regional ecosystems.
- grow toilets
- use them
- compost them
- solve a world problem
- repeat
and
The iThrone, from Change Water.com
PORTABLE, ADAPTABLE, WATERLESS
iThrone is a waste-shrinking toilet to provide safe, clean sanitation to places where there is no water to flush. It uses 2 patent-pending technologies to get rid of waste onsite: (a) an evaporative material that quickly shrinks human waste by converting ~90-95% of it into pure water vapor; (b) a pee-powered bio-battery that turns urine into electricity.
HOW OUR TOILET WORKS –
No water, No power, No plumbing.
Our low-cost, portable toilets use a simple membrane to rapidly evaporate 95% of sewage without using any type of energy. This innovative technology provides homes with a working toilet, without the need for power or plumbing.
The toilet is straightforward in design, meaning it can be adapted easily and is incredibly cost-effective to produce.
“We took our solution, the HomeBiogas 2.0, and thought about how we could use that existing technology for the important goal – safe and clean toilets for all.” Oshik Efrati said. “We researched today’s solutions and visited target populations in Africa and India.”
For a deeper understanding, Mr. Efrati even accompanied a woman who travels two kilometers, by foot daily into the wilderness to defecate.
“On the long walk there, she explained to me how unhygienic open defecation is, and that she and the other women sometimes fear for their safety, as they are vulnerable to any passerby late at night,” he said.
Simple “do-it-yourself assembly” makes it quick and easy to set up, “complete with assembly and maintenance instructions,” that do not require a technician to put it together.
The firm, employs 28 workers, was set up in 2012 and is based in a village in central Israel. The company already sells to customers in over 100 countries, and operates a network of more than 60 distributors.
What Can You Put into HomeBiogas?
Light
Quick, Simple Solar Light that can be used indefinitely………Today in the world there are millions of them. With Ukraine’s talents they can be made quickly! Here is one with many uses….
The Solar Puff
Our innovative, award-winning origami design which is easier and healthier to open makes our Solar Lights designed to be able to transform from a flat polygon into beautiful cube and pyramid shapes with a simple pull-open action. Recognized globally, our designs have won several product innovation awards and have been awarded two US Utility Patents. Utilizing the latest in recyclable, biodegradable fabric and material technology, our products are engineered to be lighter for ease of travel and to be stronger and more durable to withstand the most extreme weather conditions. Solight
GREEN Tools to Recover
Energy – Electricity
>>>UK to send more mobile generators to Ukraine
The UK government, which has already donated nearly 600 mobile generators to Ukraine, is sending 287 more. The new generators, which are enough to power nearly 8,000 homes, will be used for hospitals, shelters and other essential services in eastern Ukraine, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said in a statement.
>>>US energy industries on ‘war footing’: Official – US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm has said that Russia’s war on Ukraine “screams” that the world needs to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and instead move towards other forms of energy.
—There are so many technologies to make energy now, no need for more nuclear. Some of these technologies can be constructed much faster than nuclear?
>>>Nighttime electric power generation at a density of 50 mW/ m2 via radiative cooling of a (Solar) photovoltaic cell a photovoltaic cell that harvests energy from the environment during the day and night, avoiding the need for batteries altogether.
2022 – ABSTRACT: ….Our system can be used as a continuous renewable power source for both day- and nighttime in off-grid locations.
There is a very important link between Waste and Energy!
The oil in the ground was made over millions of years from WASTE! We can now do that same thing in far less time – and CLEAN !
WASTE TO ENERGY!
Waste to Energy technology is already in place! ….
Take a look at:
ALL Islands:
Just Go Zero – NOW! – Like Tilos
All the information to use waste to make fuel is here.
A quick way to make BioGas at your home!
GREEN Tools to Recover
WASTE MANAGEMENT
There IS Ukrainian subtitles for this video
So many ways to clean up and make money from WASTE! Ukraine is doing it!
Waste Is Wealth! Trash Is Cash! Muck Is Money!
Useful WASTE Business Ideas that can scale to any size you can use. Lots to do!
The Steel Company in Mariupol:
Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works damage cost $11 billion
May 2022 – Rinat Akhmetov, the biggest shareholder of the SCM group, estimates the damage from Russian aggression on Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of $11 billion, he said in an interview with Italian TV channel RAI, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
Do you see the opportunity now in front of you?
In this destroyed Ukraine moment, there is plenty to learn from taking the time to re-think.
Disruptions can be opportunities….. even horrible disruptions like this War.
The planned transition of Ukrainian mills to new steelmaking technologies
December 31, 2021 … [In peaceful times….] It is unrealistic for anyone to switch to a completely new production cycle and new technologies all at once. Even in Europe, from what we see of the plans of our peers, there is a gradual transition, and conventional technologies will remain in place for quite a long time – until 2040-45.
The final phases of the strategy are expected to include the use of hydrogen. In the meantime, today, unfortunately, there is still no method for producing cheap hydrogen in our country or anywhere else in the world. That is why we have set this timeframe, in the hope that a method will be found to produce cost-effective hydrogen.
A horrific destroyed Economic Opportunity for Azovstal Steel Works to upgrade and cut CO2! sooner than estimated.
Sustainable industrial production processes are increasingly important !
Decarbonizing and Heat Reduction is what Steel has to do…….
Progress was made some years ago……………
But that One Steel process is still full of CO2 emissions………….
Is there such a thing as GREEN STEEL?
A general discussion – go to YouTube to find 4 more related papers
By the time Avozstal is ready to rebuild? Which will it be?
Today: Blast Furnace & Converter – 2 tons of CO2 per ton Fe
Direct Reduction & Electric Arc Smelting – 70-80% less CO2 when using H2
ALL-in-one: Electric Arc H-plasma Furnace – 80-100% less CO2
a detailed discussion of the possible processes
If Hybrit can do it, So can Avoztal !
Oct 18, 2021 The world’s steelmakers need a makeover. Their industry is one of the dirtiest, and it’s blamed for about 7% of global carbon emissions. Now, 3 Swedish industrial giants are coming together to produce the world’s first fossil-free steel.
GREEN Tools to Recover
Principles of the Green Post-war Reconstruction of Ukraine
Even though the war still rages on, the country’s reconstruction should be already planned. Obviously, different regions will have different reconstruction needs. However, at the national level, the basic principles of the post-war life must be common for all.
The reconstruction should cover short-, medium- and long-term planning to the greatest extent possible. We suggest the basic principles of the green post-war reconstruction that would ensure sustainable economic and community development
Ukraine’s green reconstruction is a sustainable reconstruction realized using the best available technologies and practices.
People are already thinking about AFTER. Principles of the Green Post-war Reconstruction of Ukraine
The Center for Environmental Initiatives – Ecoaction – is a Ukrainian civil society organization that unites efforts of experts and activists in a joint struggle to protect the environment.
Ukraine can Win! Ukraine has been working at it!
Factories that have been destroyed can find their circular advancements and after a RE-THINK can rebuild for
Ukraine’s Net ZERO Win!
The world is ready to invest in Ukraine!
GREEN Tools to Recover
Other posts on the subject of WASTE to Energy
Anaerobic Digestion In Full Swing – #1 Waste To Energy?
CNG, LNG, RNG Fuelling Stations – #2 Waste To Energy
#3 Municipal Solid Waste – MSW To BioFuel? Yes!
ALL Islands: Just Go Zero – NOW! – Like Tilos
We CAN Deal With The #1 Mistake: Fossil Fuel – Today
The “Relief” Of Phasing Out Fossil Fuel! …Now!
Other approaches to waste to energy in these posts
Useful Green WASTE Business Ideas That Scale To Any Size
Harvesting Waste Ideas. Waste Rushes? NOW!
Climate Retrofits On Land Or At Sea
Shipping’s Carbon Footprint And Your Small Business >> Your Vote
Industrial Zone – Closed-Loop Networking
Cellulosic Ethanol – One Of Many DSM Sustainability Projects
what needs to be cleaned
Too Much Methane !
The Greenhouse Gases List …..A Re-Review
cleaning up the mess
Can We, Are We Pulling In The Excess CO₂ ?
Fuel From Air? – Capture CO₂
Carbon Dioxide – Who Else Has Ideas To Pull It DOWN And OUT?
Urban Mining for clean energy
Urban Mining ! – More Important Than Ever
Critical Minerals & Rare Elements! ….. COLOSSAL WASTE RUSH
You will find more on the front page – Waste Is Wealth! Trash Is Cash! Muck Is Money!
look at the bottom of each post. There are links to lots more information.
(Remember our disclaimer: Any company or website mentioned herein are only examples and should NOT be taken as recommendations or endorsements, unless specifically notated.)
The 2nd Ukraine post will cover subjects such as: more on WASTE, Cleaning up – restore remedies, water-Sanitation, RENOVATE- RESTORE , Construction, Retrofits, Transportation, Public Transportation