traffic emissions control News
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What is the best `school run` for the environment?
New research indicates that educational policies can affect the environmental, health and financial impacts of school commuting. It found that the most effective school-enrolment policy for reducing traffic emissions is to send children to the school closest to where they live. School commuting emits both air pollutants and CO2. The US study explored the influence of school policy on the ...
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Pegasor’s New measurement technology for Vehicle inspection stations solves air pollution problems caused by Traffic
Efforts to reduce traffic emissions in Europe advance to the next level in 2021, when the number concentrations of vehicles’ particulate matter emissions and whether they exceed the limit value will begin to be monitored with periodic vehicle inspections. Due to the inaccuracy of the current particulate measurement solution, the system has been unable to detect even the most polluting ...
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Low emission zones may need complementary local traffic policies
Low emission zones (LEZs) that restrict old vehicles in city centres may need implementation in combination with other traffic policies to have greater impacts on air quality, according to new research. A study that measured emission levels before and after the introduction of LEZs in five Dutch cities indicated that air pollution concentrations were reduced but not to a statistically significant ...
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`Intelligent` waste collection system trialled in Shanghai
New research has developed a system to monitor municipal waste. It uses sensors to calculate the weight, volume and, potentially, type of waste, identify hazardous waste and optimise the routes of waste collection trucks. The EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme identifies waste prevention and management as one of four top priorities1. In the EU, approximately 3562 million tons of waste are ...
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Highlights From Pel Waste Reduction Equipment at the Ifat2018 Show
IFAT is the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies and PEL Waste Reduction Equipment joined more than 3,330 exhibitors from 58 countries who participated at the show held at Messe Munich from 14th-18th May 2018. SolarStreetBin™ ; our solar powered IoT SolarStreetBin™ bin was launched at IFAT2018 and PEL Waste Reduction Equipment enjoyed a very busy five days ...
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Signal StreetBox Compact System for Air Quality Monitoring
Signal has launched a unique product aimed at the gap in the market between full reference monitoring stations and simple absorption tubes. The StreetBox is an electrochemical sensor based, battery operated air pollution monitor capable of measuring up to three gases or PM10 plus environmental parameters such as wind speed and direction. Where reference equipment is expensive, large and ...
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