Fifteen finalists are up for the £1m award given to innovators tackling the planet's problems.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will meet the finalists and winners next month in Boston in the USThe inventors of a bubble pump designed to catch plastics before they reach the ocean are among the 15 finalists in the running to win a £1m environmental award founded by the Prince of Wales.Five winners will be announced in Boston next month - each will be given £1m to develop their projects.
The Great Bubble Barrier, from the Netherlands, sees air pumped through a perforated tube to create a curtain of bubbles, which brings plastic up to the surface and into a waste collection system.LCM uses recyclable plastic waste to make traditional concrete blocks carbon zero Low Carbon Materials, from County Durham, uses unrecyclable plastic waste to make concrete blocks without carbon emissions.
Other finalists include the City of Amsterdam Circular Economy group, which wants to see nothing wasted and everything recycled in the Netherland's capital by 2050.Charlot Magayi set up a company providing cleaner and safer stoves in Kenya Her eco-stoves use processed biomass made from charcoal, wood and sugar cane, and claims they cause 90% less pollution than an open fire. She hopes to create an even cleaner version which burns ethanol.
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