Reducing waste by incorporating used materials into production can cut costs and decrease the price of procuremen: less to be procured from the outside and more to be re utilized from the inside.

通过将使用过的材料纳入生产中来减少浪费，可以降低成本和采购价格：从外部采购的更少，从内部重新利用的更多。

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"This is becoming increasingly important, as excess power consumption is inefficient and generates waste heat, which can in turn decrease reliability," said Adams on his Web site.

“当过量的能耗不能增加效率，还会产生过热时，这会降低可靠性”，Adams在他的网站上说。

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Usess of the Airware technology, which started shipping last November, so far include agricultural drones that use image analysis to decrease waste of water and increase crop yields.

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According to Fuller, the Connected Urban Development pilots helped to show how cities can accelerate their transition to sustainability, reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency, and decrease waste, all by harnessing the basic information and communications technology available in wireless networks.

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Deputy Spruce said the cost of kerbside recycling could not be justified by a decrease in residual waste of "only a few thousand tonnes".

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