PragmatIC GovTech Waste Tracking
PragmatIC GovTech Waste Tracking
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9 % of fish are lost for reasons including being damaged in transport or thrown away by the retailer when unsold and out of date .
Studies into why we don ’ t recycle more offer some interesting insights , suggesting it ’ s partly down to the availability of the infrastructure in place to enable us to participate , be it at home or out and about , and partly due to a lack of the infrastructure ’ s ability to successfully sort and handle incoming waste , especially after China stopped importing nearly half the world ’ s recyclable waste last year . Finally , part of it is because we are all confused about what can and cannot be recycled , as it varies so much from place to place and from time to time .
One area which offers great potential to help reduce waste is RFID / NFC , the technology commonly known for contactless payments from modern cards or smartphones . A low-cost inlay embedded into packaging can be used not only for coupons , loyalty programmes and games , it can also be used to give consumers
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