Environment

This section includes articles about how companies and individuals can use RFID to improve recycling, become more environmentally responsible and reduce human impact on the environment.

Forest-Monitoring Sensors Harvest Energy From Trees
The U.S. Forest Service is deploying a climate sensor network powered by energy harvested from living trees.

Water Purifier Relies on RFID for Safe Operation
The eSpring system uses passive 125 kHz tags to track usage and determine when a unit's carbon filter and UV lamp need to be replaced.

RFID-Enabled Valves Promise to Maximize Oil Well Output
To control valves and other downhole tools, an operator drops passive RFID tags, encoded with instructions, into a well.

RFID Helps Field-Workers Inspect and Maintain Valves
Newfoundland-based company Score Eastern Canada provides its personnel with pen-size RFID interrogators to retrieve and record data regarding the valves and seals the firm supplies to its oil- and gas-drilling clients.

Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage
Glass container maker Ardagh Glass, as well as Coca-Cola, Coors and other beverage companies, are using facsimile bottles with built-in active RFID tags and sensors to identify sites on assembly lines that subject the glass to damaging pressure or collisions.

RFID Journal LIVE! 2009 Report

At RFID Journal's seventh annual conference and exhibition, held in Orlando, Fla., 2,400 industry professionals learned from organizations using RFID to improve their operations. View the presentations from the event.

In Recognition of Excellence

The 2008 RFID Journal Award winners demonstrate what can be achieved by applying radio frequency identification to different business problems.

U.S. Department of Energy Employs RFID to Safeguard the Country

The Argonne National Laboratory developed an active RFID system that tracks nuclear materials to protect human health, the environment and national security.