Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Read the full story from PC Magazine. Spending real money on digital fashion may seem wasteful, but luxury and budget clothing brands alike are leaning into the trend, which has the opportunity to make fashion more inclusive and environmentally friendly. Read more →

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2023

Joseph Doherty is managing director of waste and resource recovery firm Re-Gen. Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen considers the role that might be played by a digital deposit return scheme. The forthcoming regulations for a UK deposit return scheme (DRS) need to include provision for digital solutions.

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JULY 12, 2023

So, how can consumer goods companies contribute to global goals around reducing plastic waste and pollution? Research shows the need is urgent: If we don’t reduce waste production, we will more than exceed the boundaries of our planet by 2060. trillion in the global economy, and reducing plastic waste is a crucial focus.

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JUNE 25, 2025

Previous winners Previous challenge finalists and 3M scientists have collaborated to create solutions for a wide variety of real-world problems, including cybersecurity, coral reef health, water conservation, food waste, alternative energy sources, energy consumption, air pollution, and transportation efficiency.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

Swimming pools threatened with closure because of skyrocketing heating bills could get a reprieve from a new technology for waste heat reuse that is being described as a potential game changer. A UK start-up, Deep Green, has successfully trialled the scheme at a public pool in Exmouth that has cut its bills by around £20,000 per year.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

Amy Czuba is a senior account manager at Nexer Digital. How can firms appraise and improve their digital carbon footprint, including their internet presence, asks Amy Czuba of Nexer Digital, a firm that supports businesses in developing digital products and services. Servers and hosting.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The computers will go to schools that do not have access to reliable power, helping to reduce a gulf in digital literacy arising from a lack of energy access. The computers are built here in Madagascar, supporting the development of local digital and engineering jobs.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Scottish Environment Protection Agency staff and their work tackling waste crime were featured as part of investigative journalism programme BBC Disclosure on Monday 31 January at 7pm. SEPA says it launched a dedicated intelligence and enforcement function in October 2019 to deal with those types of growing activities.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Award-winning data analytics business Topolytics has been awarded £500,000 to build a prototype for a UK wide comprehensive waste tracking system. The system will monitor and analyse all waste transactions across the UK every year. The project is administered by DEFRA under the UK GovTech Catalyst programme.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Waste concrete from demolished buildings is to be reinvented and made into new custom-made outdoor memorials and public garden furniture with the help of 3D printing, in a new £6m project. The post Waste concrete to be repurposed into public furniture using additive manufacturing first appeared on Envirotec. Concrete 3D printing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

UK Power Networks team at Allington Energy-from-Waste in Kent. The next-generation digital substations will use AI and machine learning to allow more energy to be safely released onto the network, and help accelerate the UKs transition to Net Zero carbon emissions. ”

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Each year, Latino Leaders magazine compiles a list of best companies for Latinos, using criteria such as employee diversity, programs to recruit, promote and retain Latinos, Employee Resource Group programs and Latino representation in the boardroom and C-Suite level. . Wearable devices improved safety metrics. 717-579-6603. Read the Report.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Recycling Association has warned that waste crime will continue to happen, even if exports of plastics for recycling are banned. The group’s chief executive Simon Ellin said: “Banning plastic exports to solve waste crime would be like trying to crack a nut with a sledgehammer.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2025

Deliberately located between Inverness and Aberdeen to address grid congestion from Viking (443 MW), Moray East (950 MW) and Beatrice (588 MW) offshore wind farms, the project is said to significantly reduce the amount of wasted clean energy and is an important milestone to achieving the UK governments mission to have a net zero power grid by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

The introduction of a mandatory digital waste tracking system in the UK is imminent. Announced as a notion by the Environment Act 2012 to replace the existing paper-based system, the new tracking system will mark a new era for land and waste recovery, says the group. To download the report, visit [link] .

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

More than 53 million metric tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2019. Businesses are making a significant contribution to this growing problem, so it’s heartening to see the topic of digital pollution going through a revival. Concurrent to the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing concerns around climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2023

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions required to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. ” “The European waste industry is at the forefront of innovation, safety, and environmentally sound management practices, and we work every day to achieve the best results.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2023

targets plastic and food waste with in-app prompts Alibaba Group’s ecosystem sits at the crossroads of digitalization and sustainability, and its businesses are leveraging the former to drive the latter, executives shared on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai. Serve Sustainably Food delivery app Ele.me has delivered over 1.7

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Several firms enlisted in the Circular Valley startup accelerator programme are focused on platforms that enable the exchange of putative waste. Billions of tons of industrial waste worldwide are generated every year, much of which is landfilled or incinerated. The recycling rate in this area is in single-digits levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

Chris Williams of software firm ISB Global makes the case for digitalisation as the means for a less wasteful, more resource-efficient global economic model. A circular economy involves building a ‘zero waste’ approach into everything we do. The road to building a sustainable circular economy is now a digital issue.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

Local residents and businesses are being urged to safely dispose of lithium batteries by a waste management company in Bristol, Grundon. These fires don’t just pose a risk to waste management professionals, but to the public at large. Treat all waste batteries with caution as they are considered a hazardous waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In what seems a major step of recognition for the HERU energy-from-waste domestic heating system – a widely lauded British Greentech innovation – the firm has announced a new partnership with Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company, Siemens. HERU founder Nik Spencer with the Hybrid Water Heating System.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation. KG and Energieberatung MV in the energy efficiency category: from clever to digital, for the energy-efficient optimisation of the printing process during ongoing operations. Energy efficiency competition category: from clever to digital.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Winnow Vision is an artificial intelligence tool “helping chefs cut food waste in half”, according to a press release. It works by taking photos of wasted food as it’s thrown away and uses the images to train itself to recognise what has been discarded.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

Acre's Executive Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing was recently featured in PEI Media's Infrastructure Investor magazine to discuss what this means for impact-oriented professionals and the industry as a whole. KEYWORDS: ACRE, PEI Media's Infrastructure Investor magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Simpler Recycling initiative brings clarity on what kinds of waste will be collected and how often (image credit: Peter_Fleming / Shutterstock.com). The Simpler Recycling initiative – previously known as Consistent Collection – was generally welcomed by waste and environmental observers.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. You can’t recycle pizza boxes You can – just not the greasy bits.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

Lactobacillus bacteria: A digital twin will help answer questions like: how does each species of microbe react to different food and to the other microbes around it? The research will investigate the impact of using different types of waste to feed anaerobic digestors, along with computational tools for site-wide optimisation.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

The policies were largely introduced in broad strategies aimed at tackling the waste issue rather than directly tackling fast fashion. · According to Oxfam, 13 million items of clothing are sent to landfill in the UK every week which does not support the Government’s waste reduction targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Since July 2020, the 200 skips that collect Toulouse inhabitants’ waste from the 13 waste disposal centers managed by Suez have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence. Digitalization of waste collection with low power Edge AI technology.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

It is intended to tackle plastic waste, slash emissions, and bring a smarter reuse model to the city’s bustling nightlife and hospitality sector. A smart system built for urban life The project is powered by TOMRA’s “Rotake” system – a full-service reuse model including digital tracking, cup collection, sanitation, and redistribution.

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