
People Fixing the World
Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
- 23 mins
- 13 Apr 2021
Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster
How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances
How to reuse a demolished building
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
Using satellite photos to help distribute cash
Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic
The magic greenhouse
A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land
The secret to making your stuff last longer
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away
Tackling sport’s concussion problem
How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport
Beating superbugs
The small team of Indian scientists who think they’ve found a new way to kill superbugs
How to store power in soil and salt
Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock
The breath of life
A clever way to provide life-saving oxygen
The spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives
A forest down your street
The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city
The solutions whisperer
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet
Can doughnuts save the planet?
Doughnut economics in action - how we can live well and save the planet at the same time
What happened next to our problem solvers
Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid
Saving mums and their unborn babies
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
Making meat in a lab
How meat grown in labs could reduce our environmental impact
Building with fungi
Growing packaging, coffins and whole houses out of eco-friendly mycelium
Perovskites: The future of solar?
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface