Waste Management

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features information on the deployment of high-temperature pyrolysis processes for the conversion of end-of-life tires (ELTs) into value added feedstock. The TOE covers innovations based on using automated vertical farms for growing various crops with high yields while ensuring high resource and cost...

The circular economy approach involves initiatives across material and product life cycles, supporting sustainable resource consumption and waste prevention by assimilating high-tech solutions. The global resource management sector is transitioning toward greater digital technology adoption using disruptive smart technologies and platform-based sol...

Today, the vast majority of plastic is still made from fossil fuel and is designed to be durable. However, the twin challenges of reducing fossil fuel consumption and decreasing plastic waste brought in some significant changes to the plastic industry in 2022. Options to counter these challenges include the use of plastic that is biobased or biodeg...

The climate emergency and the intrinsic link between resources and energy in the circular economy escalated in 2022 because of geopolitical chaos. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fueled a rapid increase in energy prices and supply chain disruptions, which has led to collaboration across key industry verticals to develop innovative technologies and ser...

Industries and countries across the world are facing three crucial challenges: waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, and limited resource availability. Sustainably recycling and reusing products (i.e., supply chain circularization) can address these aforementioned challenges. Despite this advantage, the deployment of a circular economy in mos...

16 Aug 2021  |  Global  |  Technology Research

Recent Trends and Innovations Facilitating COVID-19 Waste Management

Technological advancements in biohazardous waste handling and treatment methods to facilitate the development of effective COVID-19 waste management ecosystem

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Waste management technologies are amongst the most important tools we can deploy to reduce our impact on nature. Further, efficient and eco-friendly waste management solutions also enable a healthy environment by reducing the probability of contagion transmissions. During the pre-COVID period, efficient and effective waste collection and treatment/...

Sustainable living, green environment, zero waste goals, zero carbon emissions, and circular economy are gradually becoming key themes in the agendas of governments and private organizations the world over. As economies progressed with rapid industrialization, globalization, technological innovations, better standards of living and improved consume...

Increasingly stringent emission regulations and growing environmental awareness has been driving widespread adoption of clean energy solutions adhering to low carbon protocols. On the other side, growing urbanization and industrialization across the globe, which has led towards growth in consumption of goods, and materials, has resulted in a waste ...

The omnipresent influence of plastics in modern lifestyle has led to the production of about 300 million tons of fossil fuel-based plastics annually, according to the UN. About half of the total plastics produced till date are thrown away after a single use, and about 60% of the waste ends up in landfills or accumulates in the environment. It is pr...