Carbonade CEO Raanan Shelach explains that Carbonade is 'duplicating what plants have been practicing for millions of years: photosynthesis.'

With minor modifications to existing technology or making changes to a company's mission, startups are positioning Israel as an innovative leader for fighting environmental challenges.

Start-up Nation Central, an independent non-profit that builds bridges to Israeli innovation, is hosting a new green-tech competition to help save the planet!

Israeli technology turns food scraps, PVC plastic, cardboard, and paper t into reusable 'UBQ' plastic

'Our main goal is to reduce plastic and air pollution in cities and find a solution to global hunger,' said one of the inventors.

“We can turn Israel into a leader in the field of environmental technology, just as we succeeded in doing in the field of high-tech," Minister Elkin enthused.

Israel, which includes large swaths of desert, is leading the fight against desertification.