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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

What are Digital Product Passports and should we care? In an attempt to meet the challenges of the times, the European Commission has come up with the European Digital Product Passport (DPP) initiative. What are digital product passports? Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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ABB e-mobility simplifies payment for EV charging with Vourity acquisition

Charged

Vourity’s technology “enables rapid, secure payment for EV charging, using a wide variety of payment options including credit cards, mobile pay and RFID tags.” The cloud-based solution can be operated through a pay station or directly integrated into a charging station.

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First nationwide DDRS trial: 20,000 cash rewards redeemed by Ocado Retail customers

Envirotec Magazine

Over 20,000 cash rewards have been redeemed by consumers as part of the first nationwide digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) trial led by recycling tech firm, Polytag, recycling tech app, Bower and major UK retailer, Ocado Retail.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement. Centering employee engagement programs on regional or local concerns of employees is a strategy that both Akamai and Microsoft are nurturing alongside digital initiatives that help convey information about corporate-level priorities. "We Heather Clancy.

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Everledger and Ford release EV battery passport pilot for material recycling

Smart Energy International

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. It can provide transparency of the battery supply chain as well as the lifecycle of the finished product.

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The UK's Deposit Return Scheme: Delays, devolution, and the case for going digital

Business Green

However, a second approach will - I believe - be critical to our DRS success; the adoption of a new generation digital DRS technologies. Digital DRS: a technology for the 21st Century. Over the last few years, a new breed of transformative digital DRS technologies have emerged. Seizing the digital DRS opportunities.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Yet, despite the benefits digital tech could offer the agrifood world, many parts of the sector have been slow on the uptake. Food production has a hefty environmental price tag, accounting for 26 per cent of global emissions, 70 per cent of freshwater withdrawals, and using half of habitable land.