Stockholm, 10th October, 2024

Podcast name – Clean Cities: Piping Out Trash Beneath the Streets

Efficient and sustainable waste management has become essential in a growing world of urbanisation. This Supercool podcast, hosted by Josh Dorfman, features an interview with Joakim Karlsson, CEO of Envac, discussing Envac’s innovative underground pneumatic waste collection system. Cities like Barcelona and Singapore have already adopted this cutting-edge solution, where waste travels through underground pipes to centralized collection stations. The result? Fewer garbage trucks, reduced emissions, and cleaner urban environments.

Envac is pioneering the future of smart cities by transforming how we think about waste management, enhancing sustainability, and improving the quality of urban life. By removing the need for traditional trash collection methods, this innovation is helping cities become greener, quieter, and more livable.

As cities worldwide increasingly face challenges like congestion, pollution, and high waste volumes, this kind of technology could be key to solving many of these issues. Joakim Karlsson highlights the system’s cost-effectiveness and scalability, making it a viable solution for many urban environments, from dense city centres to smaller communities.

The potential of pneumatic waste collection lies in its seamless integration with other smart city infrastructures, ensuring that as cities grow, they do so sustainably. Not only does it reduce operational costs for waste management, but it also can improve air quality by minimizing the carbon footprint associated with traditional waste collection.

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