Essays about: "sustainable resources"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1467 essays containing the words sustainable resources.

  1. 6. Sustainable food packaging based on polyhydroxyalkanoate

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Safana Al-Ashor; [2024]
    Keywords : Biopolymers; Sustainable food packaging; Circular economy; Biobased and biodegradable materials; Food packaging; Processing technologies; Food quality; Shelf-life;

    Abstract : The Norwegian Food Research Institute (Nofima) and the University of Borås worked together to develop this project. The commonly used packaging materials pose a serious threat to the environment, as they are produced from nonrenewable crude oil and cannot decompose naturally. READ MORE

  3. 7. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Agnes Ström; [2024]
    Keywords : Standard; standardisation; industrial PET; polyethylene terephthalate; circular economy; plastic; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE

  4. 8. Groundwater Modelling in southeast Cambodia - Facing irrigation and groundwater level changes during a pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Svea Bertolatus; [2024]
    Keywords : Cambodia; GMS Modflow; Groundwater modelling; irrigation; Mekong; Prey Veng; Svay Rieng; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the Mekong region, sustainable water resource management is a significant challenge for all countries involved. In Cambodia, where rice production is crucial for household food security and export, groundwater is increasingly used for irrigation during the dry season, leading to higher rice yields. READ MORE

  5. 9. Utilizing energy-saving techniques to reduce energy and memory consumption when training machine learning models : Sustainable Machine Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Khalid El Yaacoub; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainable AI; Machine learning; Quantization-Aware Training; Model Distillation; Quantized Distillation; Siamese Neural Networks; Continual Learning; Experience Replay; Data Efficient AI; Energy Consumption; Energy-Savings; Sustainable ML; Computation resources; Hållbar maskin inlärning; Hållbar AI; Maskininlärning; Quantization-Aware Training; Model Distillation; Quantized Distillation; siamesiska neurala nätverk; Continual Learning; Experience Replay; Dataeffektiv AI; Energiförbrukning; Energibesparingar; Beräkningsresurser;

    Abstract : Emerging machine learning (ML) techniques are showing great potential in prediction performance. However, research and development is often conducted in an environment with extensive computational resources and blinded by prediction performance. READ MORE

  6. 10. Managing Domestic Wells in Sweden. Investigating the role of domestic wells in ensuring a reliable drinking water supply and assessing their vulnerability to climate change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Alice Stenfelt; [2023-08-28]
    Keywords : Domestic wells; Individual drinking water supply; Climate change; Sustainable development; Drinking water management; resilience water supply; Climate adaption; Sweden;

    Abstract : Domestic wells provide drinking water for a significant proportion of the population in Sweden, especially in rural areas where public water supplies are not available (Drage, 2022; Hjerne et al., 2021). Domestic wells typically lack regulation (Gunnarsdottir et al., 2020; Stoll et al. READ MORE