While individual waste bin identification with RFID technology and charging by actual weight have become quite common in Europe, it is still less of a method used in other parts of the world including the U.S. What are the reasons for that and is it abou …

In Germany each person generated 611 kg waste per year (2012), 610 kg were treated: 47% of the treated waste was recycled, 18% composed, 0% landfilled and 35% incinerated. More interesting numbers about municipal waste and its treatment in Europe from Eu …

How Waste Management Plans to Turn the Food You Throw Away into Renewable Energy | Inhabitat New York City New York's food and other compostable waste adds up to around 30% of generated trash within the city. So far, that goes regularly to landfills. Wast …

Telematics solutions have been around for a while now but never had the big break-through on a wider base. The main argument is that existing systems could never deliver a combined view of mixed equipment fleets on one screen, making it comparable and easy …

We recently issued news that Weir Waste, one of the largest independently owned commercial recycling and waste management companies in the Midlands area of the UK, has begun implementing MOBA bin weighing and identification technology to help it get a clea …

While recycling is beginning to play a bigger role worldwide, there are different approaches to how recyclables are getting collected. In general, Europe has stricter laws regarding recycling than other countries. For example, private households and busin …

With the beginning of September, seven young people started their apprenticeship at MOBA AG. Benjamin Dreyer is learing electronics technician in Dresden, the other apprentices are trained in Limburg. There, Lena Marie Gerlach, Erol Mehmeti, Marcel Philipp …

The way we look at waste has changed dramatically in the last couple of years. The focus is moving away from just collecting waste, making a shift to recycling, re-using and repurposing waste. What are the trends and initiatives? There are multiple initi …

The Smart City Concept is such an inspiring story. Making cities more sustainable, providing a better place to live in, and being environmental and energy efficient.” What does that look like? What are some of the great features a Smart City has to offe …

As one of the countries that began relatively early to address the issues of environmental protection, recycling and waste prevention, Luxembourg has been using new technologies in the area of waste MAWIS boardcomputer with application.jpgdisposal since th …