Environmental technology

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Synopsis: Environmental technology:

running cars on ethanol and turning its race meets into centres for recycling everything from waste engine oil to old mobile phones.

#Sustainability#which includes both health and wealth#may not be a function of our ecological footprint, but the two are interrelated deeply.

Africa has a paltry recycling rate for mobile phones (just 1%in Nigeria, for example), and a similar recycling rate for PCS, says Lynch.

The number of obsolete PCS generated in developing regions is expected to exceed that of developed regions by 2016#2018

In addition, a flexible approach to architectural design may also help us think about sustainability and biodiversity.

Barbados is going relatively slowly on its path toward a green economy in order to play it safe. But the U s. is going even slower.

The systems will help the company meet its environmental sustainability goals, as well as mitigate escalating fuel costs.

Increasing environmental sustainability is one of our most important corporate goals and having the new systems on our ships will be another effective way for us to meet that objective.

Though widely used on land, the system incorporation in oceangoing vessels is considered a significant advancement in environmental technology.

Additional total power production and carbon offset estimates for skyscraper and tall tower installations are currently being calculated by engineers for public review using today validated Solarwindowt performance results.

#Beer and Food Scraps Can Power Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala Trash to fuel the stuff of the 1980s sci-fi comedy movie trilogy ack to the Futureis now a reality.

The 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala not a tricked-out Delorean really can run on leftovers table scraps and oh yeah grains from brewing beer.

and operates anaerobic digestion systems. quasar has thirteen operational anaerobic digestion facilities throughout the United states with several more under construction

or in the planning stage. qng (quasar natural gas) is derived from the anaerobic digestion of regional organic waste streams

These successes are spurring new private-sector attention to the opportunities for clean technology. The leadership of individual states to utilize their financing authorities to improve access to credit

Although the cleantech industry continues to grow, one of the primary hurdles to bringing new clean energy technology to market remains the availability of the affordable capital needed to move great ideas from the research

and the California Pollution control Financing Authority, or CPCFA. These programs have issued more than $13 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance low-cost loans for energy-efficiency improvements and tax incentives for clean energy manufacturing.

This trend is already underway through new investments in public solar companiesand auto companiesrenewed focus on clean technologies.

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European industrial researchers set out to turn these power-hungry machines into a green technology of the future.

Game-changing green technology like this could have a direct impact on the EU 2020 commitment to reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while improving overall energy security,

hese patents were filed worldwide because of the massive appeal and environmental benefits of this green technology. The Rapidcool project will be significantly beneficial to all SMES involved.

because they have to comply with waste legislation. any packaging companies are trying to turn to greener solutions,

A new generation is becoming aware about issues such as energy and recycling. And as a country, we are trying to do as much as possible."

INCAM's research will assess the current condition of natural resources, support sustainable development, and improve integrated resource management with special attention on coastal and marine ecosystems.

and recycling are key to securing a smooth transition into the mass production phase of PEF bottles.

#Converting waste rubber into quality products Pioneering new research is set to upset the standard paradigm of downcycling,

Downcycling is the process of transforming waste materials things we would throw away into another product of lesser quality,

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen have succeeded now in optimising the recycling of rubber waste materials.

recycling almost appears to be like some kind of alchemy, that medieval art which sought to transform base metals into gold.

Recycling plastics has many environmental and economic advantages. With dwindling global supplies of oil, recycling offers a powerful means of reducing the amount of petroleum (currently standing at around 8%of global production) required to manufacture plastics, the production

recycling is also a powerful tool. But recycling faces many challenges. The complex structure of plastic polymers makes the mixing of different plastics difficult

or can result in weaker materials, and requires greater amounts of energy in the production process.

and so, together, energy recovery and recycling use up more than half of the Union's plastic waste. Going with the flow The variability in the quality of inputs also leads to major fluctuations in the viscosity,

The two-year project sought to improve the recycling of post-consumer plastic waste by compensating for impurities

"Ultrasonic technology had never been integrated into recycling technology before, so building the ultrasonic modulator was a big challenge,

Recycling for all Ultravisc is an intelligent and fully automated process.""Because the knowledge is built into the system,

This advance has the potential to open up plastic recycling to a wider group of actors, and not just highly specialised companies.

thereby boosting the overall efficiency of the recycling process.""Ultravisc also allows you to use recycled products in places where it was not previously possible,

thereby improving the environmental friendliness of the recycling process, "Dr Beaney adds. The project participants are exploring how best to commercialise the technology

In addition, the project paid special attention to product life cycle and thorough sustainability assessment to prove environmental economic and social performance and potential for up-scaling from laboratory to pilot scale.

Due to the high amount of materials the flexible packaging industry uses, the progress made in this project has the potential to make a significant improvement to overall sustainability.

Meanwhile, the US dairy industry has improved its sustainability, according to research published last year in the Journal of Dairy Science.

Researchers analyzed the sustainability of the US dairy industry from 1944 to 2012 and found advances in genetics

Walmart approach has centered on its Sustainability Index, launched in 2009 and since expanded to 700 product categories and 5, 000 suppliers up from the 200 categories and 1, 000 suppliers announced last September.

The Walmart Foundation gave a $2 million grant to launch The Sustainability Consortium in China as part of a number of supply chain initiatives it announced in 2012.

In a letter coordinated by the nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization, Ceres, 223 companies including industry giants such as Ikea,

#Google Facebook Others Launch Sustainability Platform Unilever Coca-cola Google Facebook Nike Pepsico and dozens of other major companies and nonprofits have launched a digital sustainability platform

intended to drive conversation and action on sustainability. The companies say the nonprofit editorial platform called Collectively aims to#make sustainable living the new normal.#

#Collectively brings together global sustainability nonprofit Forum of the Future with some of the biggest companies in the world.

Collectively represents a new approach to the way businesses engage consumers on sustainability according to the coalition.

#Hospital Sustainability Spending on the Rise Fifty-four percent of global health care professionals say their hospitals currently incorporate sustainability into purchasing decisions

and 80 percent expect that to be the case in two years according to a Harris Poll commissioned by Johnson & johnson. The global findings are similar to those of US health care providers where 52 percent say their hospitals currently incorporate sustainability into purchasing

Globally respondents report their hospitals prioritize sustainability purchasing as follows: About eight in 10 respondents say sustainable products help protect hospital staff

Health care professionals also agree it makes good financial sense for hospitals to go green both in the US (79 percent) and globally (69 percent) and report a strong commitment to sustainability from top hospital management

In regard to purchasing US respondents report the most important sustainability considerations are followed energy efficient devices by recyclable packaging latex free devices products designed for multi-use devices free of heavy metals

and products including recycling content in packaging. The survey results are in line with a 2012 report released by Johnson & johnson

Last year Johnson & johnson launched a recycling campaign on Tumblr with the goal of encouraging consumers to recycle bathroom products instead of throwing them in the trash h

The project known as Smart cities USA is expected to help drive San jos s economic growth foster 25000 cleantech jobs

and create environmental sustainability. The pilot program in San jos is Intel s first smart city implementation in the US.

San jos known as the Capital of Silicon valley is installing a network of sensors to create a sustainability lens that uses Intel technology to measure characteristics such as particulates in the air noise pollution and traffic flow.

Such measurement data will produce meaningful insights that will lead to improvements in air quality noise transportation efficiency environmental sustainability health and energy efficiency.

This project also aligns with the San jos Green Vision a long-term sustainability initiative adopted by the city in 2007 to protect the environment stimulate economic growth

and achieve sustainability. City governments are projected to collectively invest about $41 trillion over the next 20 years to upgrade their infrastructure.

and resource sustainability that can help them meet the demands of escalating population rates. The city of San jos has installed a sensor demonstration platform using Intel Gateway Solutions for the Internet of things with an Intel Quark processor and third-party sensors.

and sustainability, Prakash says. Renewable energy The batteries could pave the way for renewable energy sources to make up a greater share of the nation energy generation.

The new material a nanoporous solid of carbon with nitrogen or sulfur is inexpensive and simple to produce compared with the liquid amine-based scrubbers used now Tour says. mines are corrosive

and produces energy as a byproductnd couples that with an ultrafiltration, air stripping, and a reverse osmosis system. f you have 1, 000 cows on your operation,

botanical recycling that ensures the nutrients and proteins in the leaves have been stowed for use in next spring's flowers seeds and leaves.

and it's essential for the future sustainability of the planet that these vehicles are able to cope with the increasing demands being put on them.

this heat-recycling project could account for 25 percent of London s energy by 2025. This London project is part of the larger European union CELSIUS project

Many think that this type of recycling is not a solution, but that instead the world should be focused seriously on the first##R

According to Plastic Waste management Institute#data,##effective utilization##includes not just the 20%that is actually recycled,

and schools to teach people about recycling culture and the value of discarded plastic, spreading the Japanese concept ofmottainai,

According to the blurb,##the film details plastic s path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability.##

Millercoors director of sustainability. he learnings and savings in the first two years of the pilot project farms were significant cumulative 270 million gallons of water reduced.

and other speciesrequires immediate attention to ensure the sustainability of our food production systems, avoid additional economic impact on the agricultural sector,

And we need to incorporate zero waste and low energy technologies into the task of food production. What can achieve the intensification of food supply we require,

it can simply be thrown into the recycling bin. As you can imagine, this will both save money,

The cyanide and mercury free gold extraction process developed by DSTI has been recognised as a green technology for

Most importantly, though, the material could serve as an artificial carbon offset and thus help regulate Earth's climate and combat global warming.

The first of its kind in the United kingdom Bio-Bus is a 40-seat transit vehicle that runs entirely on fuel generated through anaerobic digestion.

and be converted to run on Bristolian sewage and food scraps o

#Quantum'entangled'light sharpens microscopes'images The first microscope that uses the eerie trick of quantum entanglement to increase its sensitivity has been developed by Japanese researchers.

#How do you measure sustainability? Autocase software tool has got its number It a running theme in our discussion of the smart home:

In the Economist Autodesk head of sustainability Emma Stewart writes about how the smart thing to do is to figure it out before you build.

They will be awarded every two years starting in 2014, to global leaders in the fields of sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, Chinese studies and the rule of law.

#Liquid storage could make hydrogen a feasible fuel A process for extracting hydrogen from a liquid fuel could remove one of the biggest hurdles to a'hydrogen economy,

but proponents of a hydrogen economy say that it could be produced in vast quantities from water using excess electricity from wind turbines and solar plants.

Sustainable development Technology Canada, a foundation that supports clean technology startup companies, will get Can$325 million over 8 years.

Demerse said in a statement that it would be a"lifeline for the country s estimated 700 clean technology companies.

Late last year, hi-tech waste management company Bigbelly upgraded two of its waste recycling stations in downtown Manhattan with Wireless internet hubs.

Bigbelly streetside trash and recycling bins are already pretty smart they use solar power to compact certain materials

and have embedded sensors that communicate with the city waste management fleet. The Wireless internet option essentially turns the trash cans into free public Wi-fi hotspots,

Our own sun and the Earth and all of us are made up of atoms that came out of other stars'stellar winds long ago says Mccomas. There's a big recycling process that occurs

#Recycling old batteries into solar cells This could be a classic win-win solution: A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials from discarded car batteries a potential source of lead pollution into new,

90 percent of the lead recovered from the recycling of old batteries is used to produce new batteries,

where students from across departments plan businesses around clean technologies. Throughout the class, she says, teams learn the crucial steps of gathering customer feedback, meeting technological milestones,

Altaeros remains headquartered in cleantech incubator Greentown Labs (which Rein co-founded) in Somerville Mass. where its first rotor is displayed proudly near the entrance along with enlarged photos of the first trial run.

Open to students at any U s. university and now partnered with Cleantech Open, the competition aims to promote clean energy innovation

#Brewing up sustainability Each day, breweries and wineries produce thousands of gallons of wastewater, which is poured either down the drain

This process enhances naturally occurring anaerobic digestion in wastewater Silver says, as it stabilizes treatment, improves biogas quality,

By the time they entered the 2010 Cleantech Open competition and won they had shifted focus to the food and beverage industry.

Silver says. he challenge of supporting astronauts in space is very similar to sustainability On earth,

because they interfere with pollution control systems in vehicles and contribute to acid rain and smog. Processes now used to upgrade

from environmental remediation to medical analysis. The polymers are synthesized at room temperature, and don need to be prepared specially to target specific compounds;

The study also suggests the broader potential for adapting nanoscale drug-delivery techniques developed for use in environmental remediation. hat we can apply some of the highly sophisticated,

but it also can be used in different anaerobic digestions, such as agricultural, industrial or urban waste treatments.""Now the challenge lies in extrapolating the technology to digesters with capacity for hundreds of cubic metres.

This would allow using it in large-scale anaerobic digestion processes around the world, thereby greatly increasing the production of biogas, a renewable energy

such as creating energy-efficient green technologies for current and future generations.""Dr. Koh and his research team are developing real-world solutions to a critical global challenge of utilizing the energy efficiently

but also concerns the sustainable development of human society. Research results of bio-inspired spider silk and cactus thorn showed the confined water collection on these one dimensional nanostructures was helpful in solving the shortage of freshwater resources.

useless printer scraps become a way to print scraps of other things! Resourceful 33-year-old inventor Kodjo Afate Gnikou of the West african country Togo has created a cheap DIY 3-D printer out of electronic waste scavenged from junk yards.

and sold for scrap and it is only through historical memory that we know of them.

By now most of the employees have drifted back to their cubicles in the rear of Greentown Labs. The company helped found this incubator in 2011 for start-ups with a focus on green technology

From the depot, a waste management company called Biffa will truck the waste to its Cannock plant.

Anaerobic digestion does have some drawbacks. It produces some solid and liquid wastes called the digestate.

Anaerobic digestion is considered also a less favored way of dealing with excess food. From an environmental standpoint, it's better to chop food up into deli salad,

anaerobic digestion is a great to take care of it. P. S. P. S. Popular Science Postscript:

Thus far, four of Alang's recycling yards have completed the first phase of an international standard certification process.

Once approved, the yards will officially meet the standards of the International Hong kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.'

'Japanese companies own 2000 out of the total 3000 major ships in the world'points out Keiji Tomoda, chairman of the Ship Recycling Subcommittee of the Japanese Ship Owners'Association.'

'Most of the Japanese-owned ships go to China for recycling after their life. But we want to sell end-of-life ships to India

And world leaders agree a sustainable development goal just for energy was adopted last month. It emphasizes the role of renewable energy in getting us to the finish line of reaching sustainable energy for all by 2030.

Right now, most serious businesspeople think sustainability is in conflict with earning a profit and becoming wealthy.

True sustainability, economic sustainability, is exactly the opposite. With this mindset, it becomes strategic to support practices that support a circular economy in the long run.

China plans to launch the world largest emissions trading program in 2017, creating a carbon market for electric power generation,

Wells fargo Environmental finance Banker Jon Previtali told the international gathering that 3. 7 gigawatts of utility-scale solar were installed in the United states in 2014.

cleantech ($2 billion. Why now? According to data from the Cleantech Group, investment in Agtech was relatively flat before 2013.

Most tech innovation in agriculture was concentrated narrowly in biotechnology and seed genetics, and both investment and innovation was limited to players with close ties to the ag sector.

Outside of seed genetics and crop inputs, most other Agtech was bundled typically with Cleantech. Then, in 2013, there was a shift.

Big hairy audacious goals Like cleantech before it many Agtech companies are have set their sights on Big Hairy Audacious Goals.

"The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."

"The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."

#Sponge Suit 3d printed bikini with cleantech material cleans water as you swim From the ocean to our local lakes and even neighbourhood swimming pools,

economically sustainable and intelligently manufactured combining cutting edge 3d printing and nanoscale cleantech material research, said the developers. pongesuit aims to transform the swimming experience into an eco-friendly activity,

allowing room for further research and development in cleantech wearable. We aim for a future where everyone,

Through research and development, B-PET has improved the process of waste recycling for use in 3d printing. The company recycled PET has the same properties as virgin PET but costs up to 70%less.

But, because polymers and plastics are so cheap to manufacture the economic benefit of recycling can be marginal.

which enables multiple recycling and a high rate of capture of the target molecules, said lead author Ximin He, Assistant professor of Materials science and engineering at Arizona State university and formerly a postdoctoral research fellow in Aizenberg group at Harvard.

and is part of the so-called"hydrogen economy An alternative energetic model in which energy is stored as hydrogen.

the protection of the sustainability of the music industry rooted in creativity and expression. Just as our vision is to introduce change to the current system,

and achieving sustainability goals.?Africa economy is growing at unprecedented speed, write the authors of Africa 2030. ne of the core challenges as African countries continue to grow

paving the way for Africa unfettered, sustainable development. i

#Micro motors could soak up CO2 pollution in the oceans, study finds Machines that are smaller than the width of a human hair could one day help clean up carbon dioxide pollution in the oceans,

The project is part of the Cleaner, Greener Communities program, a statewide initiative encouraging communities to incorporate sustainability goals and principles into local plans and projects.

#Environmental remediation Reagent Reduces Time to Regulatory Closure Environmental remediation technology company Regenesis has launched a first-of-its-kind liquid activated carbon technology that the company says captures

and expertise complemented each other perfectly for addressing issues surrounding sustainability of a modern chemical industry. Since then, a vigorous exchange of researchers and students between Mainz and Tuscaloosa has fueled the collaboration.

#Single atom alloy platinum-copper catalysts cut costs, boost green technology A new generation of platinum-copper catalysts that require very low concentrations of platinum in the form of individual atoms to cleanly

With that knowledge, Sykes and his fellow chemists turned to long-time Tufts collaborator Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Ph d.,the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability at the School of engineering,

They say the visionary journey is a"strong message for clean technologies.""SI2 is slated to make 12 stops during its 35,000-kilometer (21,700-mile) journey,

However, a carefully selected crop of plants can cut the supply list by recycling air and waste to produce fresh air, water,

Reich said on his blog about the hare the scraps economy.?In effect, on-demand work is a reversion to the piece work of the 19th century

#Single atom alloy platinum-copper catalysts cut costs, boost green technology: New generation of catalysts demonstrated for selective hydrogenation of butadiene Abstract:

With that knowledge, Sykes and his fellow chemists turned to long-time Tufts collaborator Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Ph d.,the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability at the School of engineering,

Supported by Northwestern's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern,

#Biodiesel made easier and cleaner with waste-recycling catalyst Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

"This paper shows how fundamental catalysis research can develop new mild processes to enhance the sustainability of biodiesel.

Along with the emissions trading program, China also announced that it will stop investments in high-carbon energy projects overseas."

with 90,000 square foot space that all follow an eco city-and resource-friendly technique. Farmedhere, located in Chicago, raises its plants with a technique called aquaponics.

the challenges associated with making a better battery are holding back the widespread adoption of two major clean technologies:

#US licensing of new rare earth recycling approach A new rare earth recycling technology developed by the US Department of energy's Critical Materials Institute (CMI) has been licensed to US Rare earths,

'The recycling of critical materials from e-scrap was limited previously by processing technologies that are inefficient, costly and environmentally hazardous, notes Ramesh Bhave,

who led the recycling R&d project. The team's new and simplified process eliminates many of these barriers,

The recycling of electronic waste will provide a'competitive source'of neodymium, dysprosium and praseodymium for growing the clean tech sector-including electric vehicles, according to Kevin Cassidy, ceo of US Rare earths, Inc I

"This means we have demonstrated the most important step toward a hydrogen economy--producing distributed and affordable green hydrogen from local biomass resources,

while also investigating other graphitic carbon materials co-doped with different elements for possible use in other energy and environmental technologies.

production of methane emissions and odors) make necessary to search for other waste management routes. It is highlighted the thermal treatment through pyrolysis for large scale production of biochar

which acknowledges the ideas of safety, sustainability, and simplification n

#When it comes to body odor, ants are connoisseurs For any complex society to function properly,

cleaner with waste-recycling catalyst Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

"This paper shows how fundamental catalysis research can develop new mild processes to enhance the sustainability of biodiesel.

Energy & Sustainability: Bigger Cities Aren't Always Greener, Data Show Health: Pharma Watch: Raising Awareness or Drumming Up Sales?

upcycling and how to reprocess locally recycled plastic waste. The pilot scheme in Amsterdam Noord has seen great success with 231 participating citizens

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