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Smart Waste Bin Using AI, Big Data Analytics and IoT
Published in Biswaranjan Acharya, Satarupa Dey, Mohammed Zidan, IoT-Based Smart Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability, 2022
Nivedita Das, Jyotiprakash Panigrahi, Chandrima Roy, Biswaranjan Acharya
Two SFU Mechatronics Systems Engineering engineers created an AI-powered smart recycling machine that will revolutionize waste management and enterprises. While sorting and sending garbage, the intelligent bins should reason for themselves. All that is required is for the trash to be deposited in the appropriate waste bin. Before determining what to do with the garbage, the bin uses its sensors to inspect and equate the trash retrieved in previous trash records. Depending on the decision, the garbage is directed to the appropriate disposal system, such as a landfill or a recycling facility. We can expect a substantial reduction in waste generated globally if we find better ways to dispose of and recycle trash. This will go a long way toward preserving the environment for a more prosperous and sustainable future.
Applying Technology to Sustainability, Part I
Published in Julie Kerr, Introduction to Energy and Climate, 2017
Let us look at why it is so important to go green. Most people will find when going green that they are able to reduce their carbon footprint and actually contribute in a significant way to the environment. Green buildings are designed in such a way as to reduce the overall impact on the environment and human health by Reducing trash, pollution, and degradation of environment.Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources.Protecting occupant health and improving productivity.
Nano LCRA: An Adaptive Screening-Level Life Cycle Risk-Assessment Framework for Nanotechnology
Published in Jo Anne Shatkin, Nanotechnology, 2017
Materials such as product packaging that are not necessarily recycled also go into the trash, and their ingredients can also make their way into the environment. Sometimes trash is incinerated, and materials can be released into the air or become associated with the ash after burning. Trash that goes to a solid waste landfill can break down and release components into the environment via gases or liquids (leachate). Modern landfills treat the leachate, but it is currently unclear whether nanoparticles would be adequately captured during that treatment.
A novel biomethane (BMP) and composting (CMP) potential framework for determining biogas and composting potential of urban organic waste
Published in Environmental Technology, 2022
Daniella Sarpong, Gordon Amankwaa, Marion Martienssen, Marko Burkhardt
Numerous countries, especially those in the developing world, face significant waste management challenges. As a developing nation, Ghana has various obstacles in managing waste in urban areas [9]. Existing waste management methods generate insufficient revenue, which contributes to solid waste management issues. This recurring challenge will stay unsolved unless there is a paradigm shift in trash management, from viewing garbage as a burden to viewing waste as a resource, creating a new field of research known as waste-to-resource. Waste-to-resources has two primary benefits for garbage management: (1) it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by diverting less waste from landfills; and (2) it generates economically useful resources from wastes, such as clean water, fertilizers, or renewable energy. Simply, waste-to-resources transforms waste management difficulties into an opportunity to spur economic growth and development.
CO2 intensity of GDP, energy productivity and environmental degradation in Iceland: evidence from novel Fourier based estimators
Published in Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 2023
Kashif Raza Abbasi, Modupe Oluyemisi Oyebanji, Dervis Kirikkaleli
Adopt a carbon tax: A carbon tax may provide people and companies a financial incentive to cut down on emissions. An economic signal is created by placing a price on carbon, which motivates individuals to use more sustainable habits and technology. Governments may promote the use of low-carbon goods and services, such as electric automobiles and public transit, in order to promote sustainable consumption behaviors. They may also encourage trash minimization, recycling, and energy saving.
Particle size impact on pyrolysis of multi-biomass: a solid-state reaction modeling study
Published in Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 2023
Sabah Mariyam, Tareq Al-Ansari, Gordon McKay
Global concerns about waste management are becoming more and more urgent. Landfilling is the most popular technique for trash disposal; although affordable and simple, it poses significant risks to both human health and the environment as a result of its emissions to the air and bodies of water (Foong et al. 2020). Also, the demand for alternative waste disposal methods is essential due to related environmental requirements and a paucity of land area for landfilling (Parthasarathy et al. 2022). Environmental friendliness and the creation of value-added products are just two of the reasons why pyrolysis, a thermochemical processing technology, has attracted interest (Zuhara et al. 2022). There is no oxidizing agent used in the process. The products resulting from pyrolysis, including oil, char, and gas, depend on various operational factors such as the type of feedstock used, heating rate, temperature, solid residence periods, and particle size (Mariyam et al. 2022). The wastes of interest in this research are three biomasses – Date Stones (DS), Spent Coffee Grounds (SCG), and Cow Manure (CM). About 10% of the date fruit comprise date stones; with about 120 million date palms worldwide, DS is a significant waste (Tahir, Al-Obaidy, and Mohammed 2020). SCG is a massive waste stream from the coffee brewing industry with valuable resources and requires an effective waste management technique rather than landfilling (McNutt and He 2019). Additionally, about 55 million tons of animal manure are collected for disposal annually due to increased husbandry production, with great potential for producing value-added products via chemical and biological methods due to its valuable components (Khoshnevisan et al. 2021). Therefore, the three feeds selected for this study are examples of significant wastes with the potential for value-added production. Additionally, due to the significant composition differences of the studied biomass feeds, the authors have previously studied the feeds to understand the potential for bio-oil production using a micro-scale pyrolyzer (Mariyam et al. 2022) and developed a biochar prediction model using response surface methodology (Mariyam et al. 2023); both the studies further emphasizes the value of studying the pyrolysis kinetics of the feeds.