Waste car batteries usually end up on the scrapheap. But a German engineer has made it his mission to recycle them — by extracting the valuable raw materials they contain.

Rwanda has become a hub for digital technology. Now it has to tackle growing electronic waste. A specialized recycling facility refurbishes damaged phones and laptops, which are put to good use in schools.

E-waste is full of useful and precious metals. A team from the University of Cape Town are looking for ways African countries could 'mine' these materials and use the resources more sustainably.

The world produced over 53 million tons of electronic waste in 2019. But mountains of trash and a lack of recycling are not the only issues. E-waste can be highly toxic and damaging to our health.

In Ghana's Bia National Forest an NGO is working with a local partner to develop an app that monitors illegal logging and rewards legal harvesting. The group hopes to use the technology in other parts of the country.

Less than one million people in Burkina Faso are connected to the electricity grid and the supply shortage also affects institutions like schools. Now the country is investing in renewable sources to fill the gap.

Scientists at Aachen University in Germany are trying to reinvent mobility with new visions for urban transport. Günther Schuh is one of the scientists looking at how electric mobility could shape the world.

Two startups are blazing a trail for e-mobility in Uganda by introducing electric motorcycle taxis to the streets of the capital Kampala. The aim is to revolutionize Uganda's traffic and transport sectors.

In 2014 residents in a small town in northern Italy decided to go pesticide-free. Six years later it is still not there as many big apple orchards still use chemicals and are fighting in court to overturn the rule.

A cooperative is bringing together women in order to show them how to use cocoa plants in a sustainable way. Now they don't just export the beans, they process them to make their own teas and spices.