On 27th Feb. 2012 Mario A. Rosato talked about the mechanical properties and sustainability of bamboo products in the Italian TV program Geo&Geo.
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Innocentive-CEA prize to the best technology to recycle cathodic ray tubes
Our technology wins the first prize from the Consumer Electronics Association and Innocentive among 357 proposals from all the world
The problem:
With the diffusion of the plasma and LCD screens, the old cathodic ray tube (CRT) is slowly disappearing. Milions of TV sets and monitors will have to be recycled. The CRT is made of glass with about 30% lead, becoming thus a material difficult to place in the market of the recycling or reuse. Furthermore, within 10 years there will be no more production of CRTs, hence no more demand for recycling them, so it is necessary to develop a process that does not require high investment, in order to build leaded glass recycling facilities that will surely have a short life.
It consists of a low cost chemical process that allows recovering the lead oxyde, which has an intereting market value and constant demand because it is the main material to make car batteries , paints and other products. The process requires very little energy, simple machinery and, most important, does not emit lead neither in water nor in the atmosphere.
Press releases:
web of Innocentive: https://www.innocentive.com/cea-edf-and-innocentive-announce-winners-open-innovation-eco-challenge-tackle-leaded-glass-tvs-monit
web of CEA (Consumer Electronics Association): http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/press_release_detail.asp?id=12311
Global Giving together with the Rockefeller Foundation to raise funds for the Kerala project
Innocentive announces in a press release that the Rockefeller Foundation will contribute with 200% of the amount collected through Global Giving to fund a project on rain harvesting in Kerala , where a solution proposed by Sustainable Technologies was awarded the first prize in an international challenge.
Conference in Carbonia (Sardinia)
Proposals of the Green Economy to create jobplaces in Sardinia
The delocation of Alcoa’s smelting facility of Portovesme leves 1500 unemployed people, both direct employees and induced sectors. On 21st Jan. 2012 Mario A. Rosato gave a conference in Carbonia, explaining the alternatives that the Green Economy could offer for the sustainable development of the Region.
Energy audit in an alumina production plant
The Highland Group hired Sustainable Technologies’ services to perform an energy audit in Brazil.
The plant of Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio, in Cidade Aluminio (São Paulo) consumes about 1,5% of all the energy produced by the Latinoamerican giant. During our energy audit, that lasted 5 days, we found energy savings opportunities of 8% electricity and 20% of the consumed natural gas.
Environmental Defense Fund / Innocentive Award
Biological capture of nitrogen by means of bamboo
Problem:
The rain washes away the fertilizers, flowing till the rivers, lakes and sea. The increase in the concentration of nutrients leads then to euthrophization phenomena.
Our solution:
A drain system collects the water with nutrients and a pump brings them to a plantation of bamboo disposed as a belt around the plot’s perimeter. The bamboo works as a biofilter. In this way the fertilizers washed away by the rain are recycled to grow giant bamboo with several food and industrial scopes. With less ploughed area the same quantity of crops is produced, because the hydric stress on the plants is reduced. Furthermore it is possibile to harvest the bamboo shoots and canes all year round, because it is a perennial crop.
Sustainable solution for the waffer industry
Innocentive prize to the best solution for cleaning charred batter from the hot plates in a factory of waffers.
The problem:
The batter adheres to the plate’s surface, and with time gets charred. The char is difficult and expensive to remove. Some cleaning methods harm the surface.
Our solution:
A simple thermal treatment that, with minimum investment and lowest energy consumption, allows to clean a big quantity of plates every day, without any damage.
Green Vision Award 2011
The Italian magazine Modus Vivendi , represented by its Chief Editor, dr. Marco Gisotti, has given us the Green Vision Award 2011 for the project of biologic carbon and nitrogen capture by means of bamboo cultivation. The award was publicly given at the Jovinella Theater of Rome, during an international event that took place on 22nd May, and in which several celebrities, representatives of political movements like the Costituente Ecologista, activists and scientists participated.
Premio Green Vision 2011 Award from mario alejandro rosato on Vimeo.
The Economist’s Award to the best idea against global climate change
First prize of The Economist – Innocentive to the best entrepreneurial idea against the global climate change
Several links, in English, with more information about the award and the event.
Video of Mario A. Rosato’s conference at the Pace University of New York, Feb. 2011
Article published by The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/blog/climate-change-challenge-0
Article published by The Economist, downloadable version
http://ideas.economist.com/sites/default/files/imce/Economist%20InnoCentive%20Challenge%20Final%202%2018%2011.doc
Press release of The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/press
Biography of Mario A. Rosato published by The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/speaker/mario-rosato
Articles published by Innocentive.com
http://www2.innocentive.com/economist-and-innocentive-announce-winner-reverse-climate-change-challenge
http://blog.innocentive.com/2011/02/24/i%e2%80%99m-a-solver-mario-alejandro-rosato/