Standard Rules Consultation No. 25
Standard Rules Consultation No. 25
In response to this call for evidence on Environmental permitting: standard rules permits consultation 25 by the Environment Agency, we make the following policy recommendations, in terms of the draft SR2022 No.5: Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling.
We call for clear recognition that bioelectrochemical treatment of non-hazardous waste may well result in in-situ treatment of incoming waste and in-situ generation of low levels of direct current (DC) electricity that can be used for low-power applications, such as on-site sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) equipment. Implementing such a technological solution would additionally provide recycling centres with the ability to detect toxic compounds that may accidentally enter such facilities, due to the live response from the living microorganisms, contained inside bioelectrochemical systems, such as Microbial Fuel Cells. Such technological integration is currently absent from recycling or any other treatment sites, and policy needs to be amended, to enable further refinement of this maturing technology, to fit the purposes of advanced recycling.
University of Southampton
Ieropoulos, Yannis
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13 September 2022
Ieropoulos, Yannis
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In response to this call for evidence on Environmental permitting: standard rules permits consultation 25 by the Environment Agency, we make the following policy recommendations, in terms of the draft SR2022 No.5: Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling.
We call for clear recognition that bioelectrochemical treatment of non-hazardous waste may well result in in-situ treatment of incoming waste and in-situ generation of low levels of direct current (DC) electricity that can be used for low-power applications, such as on-site sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) equipment. Implementing such a technological solution would additionally provide recycling centres with the ability to detect toxic compounds that may accidentally enter such facilities, due to the live response from the living microorganisms, contained inside bioelectrochemical systems, such as Microbial Fuel Cells. Such technological integration is currently absent from recycling or any other treatment sites, and policy needs to be amended, to enable further refinement of this maturing technology, to fit the purposes of advanced recycling.
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