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"Smart" Trashcan v2

As part of the development activities of the Invisible Life of Waste project at the Multimedia Laboratory of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, we are developing a prototype of a smart garbage bin. Technically, the container will be able to measure the amount and weight of waste...

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Participation in the event Beauty and the Beast of the Sea

On 18 November, the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts co-organized the event Beauty and the Beast of the Sea as part of the Invisible Waste Life project, at which we presented initiatives and actions to reduce plastic waste at sea and in general. Among other things, we...

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International conference: Transforming Sustainability

On 20 September, a conference on transformation of sustainability will be carried out in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference examines the meaning and relevance of sustainability in relation to contemporary socio-cultural, economic and environmental issues.

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Workshop “No more plastics on Kornati”

From 15th till 18th of August, the sea protection society „Sea without plastic" with cooperation of the project Invisible life of Waste held the "No more plastic“ action in the National Park Kornati. Waste was collected at two locations; Tovarnjak and Šipnate. Over...

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Survey shows that people in Slovenia handle their food responsibly

In April and May 2019, an in-depth survey on food waste was carried out in the Invisible Life of Waste project. The project team was mainly interested in why people in Slovenia waste so much food and how the amount can be reduced.

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Gamifying sustainability

On May 8, 2019, a group of students from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana, led by Dr Dan Podjed, went to Graz. At the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM they attended an event titled “Gamifying Sustainability: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Solutions”,...

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An exhibition on waste was opened in Celje

On 19 April 2019, the Museum of Recent History in Celje opened the Invisible Life of Waste exhibition, which was created in cooperation with the project led by the ZRC SAZU.

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The Invisible Life of Waste project presented in Melbourne

On 8 March, Dan Podjed presented the Invisible Life of Waste project in Melbourne, Australia. The presentation was part of the E-waste Workshop organised by Melisa Duque Hurtado, Research Fellow at the Monash University’s Emerging Technologies Research Lab (the lab is led by Sarah Pink)....

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The first public conference on the systemic regulation of waste management in Slovenia

The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia together with the Slovenian Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning organized the first public conference on the systemic regulation of waste management on 13 February 2018. Dr Tatiana Bajuk Senčar, Invisible Life of Waste project...

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