Royal College of Art

Environment

Prototype device gathers microplastics from car tires

While we may think of car exhaust as being a major source of air pollution, automobile tires also hugely contribute to microplastics pollution. A new vehicle-mounted device could help, by gathering the rubber particles that those tires shed.
Environment

Velopresso uses pedal-power to keep the coffee flowing

Royal College of Art graduates Amos Field Reid and Lasse Oiva have put a new twist on the humble street vendor tricycle with Velopresso.