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A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

Conspectus of Biomedical Waste Management. Although the economy is restoring to an extent but an exponential escalation in the biomedical waste generation has posed severe persisting health hazards and environmental threats. 2] Since March 2020, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued periodic guidelines under the.

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Belgian battery collection relies on IoT solution

Envirotec Magazine

An attempt to digitalize, or automate, battery collection for recycling is underway in Belgium. When it comes to the collection and recycling of batteries, Belgium is said to be a leader. In this instance, the system uses IoT modules which interact with a proprietary Cloud solution.

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$357k funding progresses US lithium-ion battery recycling initiative

Envirotec Magazine

Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. The Battery Passport can be accessed by IOT identifiers as part of the labeling for each LIB.

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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? The key to understanding this is to consider waste in terms of its larger, societal context. In fact, 40% of food in the US is wasted.

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Siemens to produce high-conversion-rate incinerator

Envirotec Magazine

A new waste incinerator is claimed to be “turning heads” in the recycling and waste processing world because of its ability to process previously unrecyclable materials and its efficiency in using the exhaust heat generated by a vortex to produce electricity, district heating and food production.

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

This system should extend the life cycle of assets by collecting waste for reuse and connecting participants across the network to those reused materials. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling. The solution combines sensors with cellular and satellite internet cloud reporting connectivity.

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Refresh, reuse, recycle: How Vodafone is promoting the circular economy

Business Green

This year's focus on plastics - reducing plastic pollution, limiting waste and moving towards a circular economy - resonates with all of us at Vodafone UK. The good news is we've already removed 100 tonnes of plastic packaging from deliveries to our customers - just one example of how we're reducing waste and promoting a circular economy.