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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling. Around 90 percent of plastic used is not recycled — and reducing this number is crucial to achieving SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. . It aims to close the information gap, enable better decision making and response times, and financial sustainability.

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A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

The untreated and improperly managed biomedical waste comprising of personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks, face shields, gloves, plastic coverall, head cover, hazmat suit, shoe covers, syringes and miscellaneous medical equipment used by the patients and healthcare workers has the potential of spreading various types of infections. [1]

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The world that emerges from COVID-19 could offer plentiful, zero marginal cost electricity, ubiquitous computing and cheap bio-manufacturing of high-purity drugs and environmentally friendly plastics directly from DNA. . As another example, the digitization of the electrical grid, is changing the way power is delivered and consumed.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products. ONEPREDICT is a digital-solution provider that offers predictive maintenance information with a combination of industrial AI and IoT technologies.

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Key aspects of smart water meter reliability for African water utilities

Smart Energy International

First, whether local telecommunication companies provide NBIoT network which specifically designed for smart meters or other IoT devices as a LPWAN network. The material of the meter body, such as brass, or different types of plastic.

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What is E-Waste and Why Does It Matter?

Living Green Technology

Additionally, electronics aren’t broken down easily by nature, which means that they can sit around for years like plastic does. Landfills that choose to burn their waste also release dioxin, a toxic chemical that is created when plastics in electronics are incinerated.

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Technological Trials to Future-Proof Roads in Suffolk

Cleantech East

enLight, who won the award for Excellence in Digtal Creative and ICT at this year’s South Norfolk business awards, use the Internet of Things (IoT) approach to turn lighting infrastructure into a low energy and low maintenance asset. This technology can currently cut costs and energy consumption of traditional street lighting by 50%.