It’s called Recibank and it is the first system in Spain that offers a reward in exchange of recycling. When users deposit plastic bottles or cans on it, they obtain points that can be redeemed for discounts in different shops. This project has been developed by a group of young entrepreneurs in Granada.
Month: January 2017
Francisco Gutiérrez, light to recover the Medieval heritage
He studied Arts History but he currently reproduces manuscripts and designs new miniatures applying the same techniques and materials used by master illuminators of the Middle Ages. Francisco Gutiérrez was born in Jaén but lives in Málaga, and he is the only illuminator in Spain that obtained his title in France, in the European Higher […]
BrainCure: the blue hope against a group of ultra-rare diseases
Researchers from the Pablo de Olavide University have patented a new method that allows them to determine which drugs combination is more effective for the treatment of NBIA disorders in each patient. This group of ultra-rare diseases affects 60 people in Spain. NBIA disorders cause neuron death through brain iron accumulation. This study, named BrainCure, […]
Miguel Ángel Torres, a master potter moulded since childhood
When he was just a boy, Cordovan Miguel Ángel Torres knew that he wanted to be a ceramist and a potter. Today, at the age of 50, he has the Master Artisan Card awarded by the Andalusian Government. He received this recognition in 2014. In his workshop in La Rambla, in the province of Cordova, […]