Partners in Protecting the Planet (PPP) has awarded Sustainable Technologies the bronze prize to the excellence in corporate social responsibility (CSR) , in the category “INTERNATIONAL”.
The award ceremony took place in London, on board of the HMS Belfast , on 29th July 2013
Download the press release here. Know more about the CSR Excellence Award here.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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/
Problem:
Our solution:
A 8 m3 capacity tank designed to be easily erected by two women by assembling locally made vegetable fibre-cement panels. Our design reduces the erection time to only 2 days and the cost of 120 US$ to the final customer leaves a margin of 30 US$ for the workers. The carbon emissions calculated for the whole process of fabrication are null.
Mario A. Rosato was awarded the John Hogg prize 2002 by the Amateur Yatch Research Society (AYRS) for his contribution “Simplified design of a wind turbine for marine propulsion” .
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