Eco-Friendly Waste Bins will be Installed Throughout Newly Expanded MetroTech BID Brooklyn, NY — The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership today joined with Council Member Laurie Cumbo, Bigbelly, Green City Solutions and National Grid to announce the expansion of the Bigbelly smart waste and recycling system into new areas of Downtown Brooklyn. The smart Bigbelly system has already been installed and in use in parts of Downtown Brooklyn, including Albee Square and Fulton Mall, optimizing public space waste operations by reducing collection frequency [...]

BROOKLYN – Smart waste bins are popping up in more areas of Downtown Brooklyn. Members of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership joined City Councilwoman Laurie Combo, National Grid and business group BigBelly to announce the expansion. The new waste receptacles not only help with recycling and keeping the streets cleaner, but will also send back data to the city when it is time to be emptied. The bins work with a sensor that compacts trash and pushes it down, but won’t let [...]

Brighton & Hove City Council has launched a set of solar powered bins that can swallow up to eight times more waste than a normal bin. The ‘Bigbelly bins’ use the sun’s powerful rays to compact any litter placed inside, meaning they can stomach loads more rubbish. The 100 hi-tech bins also use super-smart ‘cloud-based’ tracking systems to send text and email messages to the council’s street cleansing teams when they are full and need emptying. At present staff need [...]

Boston, MA,(PR.com) – Aquent, the leading global staffing solutions firm dedicated to marketing, creative, and digital professionals, is proud to announce that the company was just recognized by the global contingent workforce solutions company ZeroChaos as a Proven Performer. This marks Aquent’s 5th premier partnership recognition from a managed service provider this year. ZeroChaos helps organizations achieve greater management and financial control of their workforce and talent supply chains. The company’s Proven Performers designation recognizes suppliers like Aquent who perform at superior [...]

Inc. magazine named MedTouch to the 35th annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. MedTouch, the online strategy and technology partner for the best brands in healthcare, has earned the significant distinction of receiving the Inc. 5000 award for four consecutive years. MedTouch delivers strategic and technical expertise to healthcare organizations across the nation, including enterprise content management system (CMS) solutions, integrated digital strategy, UX + responsive design, service line marketing, content services, content marketing, and search + analytics. In the [...]

NEWTON, Mass.  — Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ:DYSL) is pleased to announce our new website is now available at www.dynasil.com. We designed the new website to provide a better user experience with clear navigation and functionality throughout, while giving visitors easy access to company and investor information.  Visitors can learn about the leadership team and history of the Dynasil companies in the new, expanded “About” section.  Customers and investors can now understand Dynasil’s complete portfolio of radiation detection and photonics solutions by checking [...]

CANBERRA IS SET TO TRIAL SMART BINS TO TACKLE WASTE Canberra, ACT –  In an Australian Capital Territory first, the ACT Government will deploy Bigbelly Solar Powered rubbish bins across three new Canberra locations. The smart bins, which hold more than 4 times the amount of have been deployed as part of a 12 month trial to gather data for the ACT Government’s Waste Feasibility Study. The appropriately named Bigbelly® bins use the sun’s energy to power an internal compactor that compacts [...]

As more and more pharmaceutical companies launch into new projects, an even greater amount of pharmaceuticals are secreted into the environment. “Sustainability” has become commonplace in operational discussions; however, companies are still working toward that end. According to statistics reported by WHO, 15 percent of waste generated by health-care activities is considered to be hazardous: infectious, toxic, or radioactive. Washington State’s Department of Ecology explains the process of direct disposal of these pharmaceuticals: If disposed of or excreted to the sewer, pharmaceuticals are sent to [...]

Canton, Mass. – Three new research abstracts presented at the recent 2016 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) highlight the role of PuraPly™ and PuraPly Antimicrobial (AM)™ – two new FDA-cleared collagen matrix products from Organogenesis Inc. – in managing bioburden and supporting wound healing across a variety of wound types. The first study, one of the SAWC/WHS spring oral abstract winners, was presented by researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. This study used a porcine wound model to [...]