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A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

Infected or potentially contaminated waste is tabbed as yellow, ostensibly recyclable and non-infected fall in the red category, sharp and small metallic items are categorized under white bracket whilst waste comprising of glass is segregated into the blue category. Smart Waste Bins. Internet of Things (IoT) driven waste management.

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How the IoT Can Reduce Waste

Living Green Technology

In particular, the Pew Research Center Internet Project indicates that the IoT will improve the efficiency of waste reduction. So how exactly can the IoT reduce waste? This is where the IoT comes in. The IoT allows people to organize daily activities in a way that reduces excess.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Greentown’s Sector Pitch Day Tackles Decarbonizing Manufacturing

Greentown Labs

Elemental Recycling ’s proprietary process recycles any and all plastics and tires into high-purity hydrogen and graphene. Eugenie AI has developed an AI-based predictive maintenance platform for manufacturing, oil & gas, energy, and smart city industrial operations.

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Insights and Excitements from Our 2020 Pipeline

Elemental Excelerator

” Danielle also believes we will enter a new era of smart cities, helping cities increase efficiency with constrained resources while also empowering them to be nimble as they define the “next normal” of city dwelling. Danielle J. ” Circular Economy . ” Energy .

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

Cement production is responsible for about 8 percent of the world’s carbon footprint, which CarbonCure is working to reduce by injecting recycled carbon dioxide into concrete and making it stronger and more affordable in the process. Jennifer Wagner, president, CarbonCure ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 36 — Alternative Cement.

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