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Today we pick through the literature for best practice in recycling enterprises in education communities. We have been keeping pace with the evolution of regulations in this domain for over 15 years now. Much like the security zietgeist the number of organizations involved in standards setting and conformance will likely surprise you. It is a cross cutting topic with a growing body of expert agencies claiming some part of the domain.
We will also pick through a few representative legislative proposals. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Art Wall from Recycled Materials 2017 Barbara Rucci
Smart Recycling Machine to collect the wasted Non-woven Fabric Face Mask
*May 10, 2021
We have been keeping pace with the evolution of regulations in this domain for over 15 years now. Hydra-like growth in policy think tanks and standards-developing organizations expanding into this domain will likely surprise you. For example, in no particular order:
College and University Recycling Association
NSF International Joint Committee on Environmental Leadership Standard for Servers
Sustainability Leadership for Photovoltaic Modules
Reconditioned Electrical Equipment
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International
Environmental Protection Agency: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics
As in other domains, the private standards system competes with government “influencers” and incumbent proxies who make markets through legislation.
Specific requirements must be met for recycling to be economically feasible and environmentally effective. These include an adequate source of recyclates, a system to extract those recyclates from the waste stream, a nearby factory capable of reprocessing the recyclates, and a potential demand for the recycled products. These last two requirements are often overlooked—without both an industrial market for production using the collected materials and a consumer market for the manufactured goods, recycling is incomplete and in fact only “collection”.
“Not only is it good for recycling stuff, but you also see young and old working together. It connects,” said student Bjorn. @eindhovenlife @summacollege #repaircafe #voicesforrepair #GENERATIONS https://t.co/SlCx0bdTdI
— Mend It, Australia is Karen and Danny Ellis (@MendItAussie) June 4, 2022
Proud to have won two @CambridgeSust Green Impact awards for our environmental efforts. The College won a Platinum award for the 2nd year, plus an award for its mixed waste recycling points.
Well done to Jo and Justine (pictured) who led the recycling station project. pic.twitter.com/zRNbkiuQFK
— Jesus College (@JesusCollegeCam) June 6, 2022
Which Australian beaches are microplastic hot-spots? Research from Macquarie University’s AUSMAP project can help you to find low pollution beaches: https://t.co/JK43XMuAIL #microplastics #AustralianBeaches #plasticpollution @AUSMAP_AU pic.twitter.com/FZDgsAZ0Gz
— Macquarie University (@Macquarie_Uni) January 21, 2022
e-Waste Recycling Certification
File: November 15, 2022
The Impact of E-Waste / Student Art Guide
We are observers in the development of a new ANSI accredited electronic equipment recycling standard produced with the leadership of NSF International; a Michigan-based standards developer (founded at the University of Michigan) not far from our own offices and one of the largest in the world.
The electronic recycling space is growing quickly — reaching far upstream the value chain into how electronic equipment is designed in the first place. An overview of the project is available in the link below:
Joint Committee on Environmental Leadership Standard for Servers
A public edition is linked below:
This standard moved swiftly to market under NSF International’s continuous maintenance process. We bring it to the attention of the education facilities industry as a recommendation for lowering #TotalCostofOwnership. Participation as a User interest in American national standards development reduces “wheel reinvention” in which many recycling workgroups unnecessarily start from scratch, eliminates the need to attend costly workshops hosted by trade associations and significantly minimizes destructive competition.
This title is on the standing agenda of our Redivivus colloquium. Since our interest lies primarily with electrotechnology we collaborate with the IEEE Standards Association. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [14-74], [15-147], [15-148]
Category: Electrical, Telecommunications, Interior
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Richard Robben
“Eco-friendly”, “Green”, “Bio”… Companies are increasingly using those tags as a signal to consumers of their environmental awareness. Yet also on the rise is a public concern about potential corporate lies in this subject, a phenomena labelled as “greenwashing”.
According to IESE professor Pascual Berrone, “many companies highlight one green positive aspect of their product or service, and hide the true impact that its production has on the environment”. With more and more NGO’s act as public watchdogs, “the consequences of getting caught can be, in terms of reputation but also economically, severe”, he says.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers:
The value of diversity in the renewable energy industry and research community
Life cycle assessment of transparent organic photovoltaic for window applications
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— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) August 13, 2025
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Agricultural colleges and university farms often manage extensive overhead power distribution lines across research fields, livestock areas, and experimental plots. In these rural settings, wildlife (birds, squirrels, raccoons, etc.) frequently causes power outages by contacting energized conductors. Reliable electricity is essential for research projects, climate-controlled greenhouses, irrigation systems, and animal welfare. Even a short outage can ruin valuable experiments, compromise data, and endanger livestock — resulting in major financial and scientific losses.
Following IEEE Std 1656-2010 enables institutions to:
By implementing this standard, agricultural colleges ensure uninterrupted power for education and research while promoting wildlife-friendly practices on campus.
This title is a recommended guide (not a mandatory standard) published by the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
Scope: The guide applies to wildlife protective devices (also known as wildlife guards, covers, or deterrents) installed on overhead electrical distribution systems rated up to and including 38 kV. It covers insulating covers, bird diverters, animal barriers, perch management devices, and similar products designed to prevent wildlife contact with energized conductors and equipment. The standard focuses on standardized laboratory test procedures rather than specific product designs or installation methods.
Purpose:
The primary purpose is to provide standardized test methods to evaluate the electrical, mechanical, and durability performance of these devices. This helps utilities and manufacturers ensure the devices effectively reduce wildlife-related outages (from birds, squirrels, raccoons, etc.) while maintaining long-term reliability in outdoor environments.
Key test categories include:
Many commercial wildlife protection products are tested to or exceed IEEE 1656 requirements.
“Finches” Hector Giacomelli 1880
1264-2022 – IEEE Guide for Animal Mitigation for Electric Power Supply Substations
IEEE Power Engineering Society
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Related:
New update alert! The 2022 update to the Trademark Assignment Dataset is now available online. Find 1.29 million trademark assignments, involving 2.28 million unique trademark properties issued by the USPTO between March 1952 and January 2023: https://t.co/njrDAbSpwB pic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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