gaon street light/wastebasket turns trash into flash
Designed by Haneum Lee, the Gaon street light/wastebasket concept composts biodegradable waste and uses the methane by-product to power its light, saving energy and eliminating waste while lighting the streets. It’s a bright idea – or is it?
I like how one simple gadget can help solve a couple of environmental issues, but I’m not too sure if the Gaon can be turned into a real product. For starters, how much trash is needed to produce a decent amount of methane, and how long will it take before the trash produces the gas? And remember, only biodegradable waste will produce the methane, but in urban areas a large part of the waste comes in the form of plastic, glass and other non-biodegradable materials.
Still, Lee is onto something here. You think a version of the Gaon could work in real life?
[via Yanko Design via DVICE]
categories: future tech strange + wonderful weird science
tags: concept cool environment friendly garbage lighting street light trash can wastebasket
November 13th, 2009 comments (1): stumble it! digg it! by: lambert v.
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I could see a homeowner version working better than a public one. A lot of people use green bins and composters already. Imagine if you could use them to run your patio lights.