Curiosidades

Zero Waste In Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Government, waste haulers, cartoneros and NGOs are working on increased recycling and composting. Nora Goldstein IN LATE 2005, the City Council in Buenos Aires, Argentina unanimously passed a law, “Integral Management Of Solid Urban Waste,” a Zero Waste law. The law sets goals and milestones to reduce the volume of …

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Making “Mountains” Of Mulch And Compost

Working with an area hauler and landfill company, wood processor diverts green waste for booming mulch and compost business. Rhodes Yepsen HANSEN‘‘S Tree Service, in Missouri‘‘s St. Louis metropolitan area, has an unusual setup, one that has proven to be quite successful for owner and President Jeff Hansen. In the …

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Measuring And Controlling Composting Emissions

CIWMB-funded study on composting emissions from food and green wastes provides valuable data. Bob Horowitz A NEW study funded by the California Integrated Waste Board (CIWMB) indicates that well-managed composting of green waste and food waste releases significantly less air pollution than previously thought. The study also demonstrates that a …

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Calculating Capacity At Composting Sites

Land area required for support functions are in the range of 30 to 80 percent, depending on such factors as composting technology, air emission and leachate control, traffic and safety, buffer and product storage. George Savage THE addition of new composting facilities or expansion of capacity at existing ones is …

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BUILDING COMPOSTING SUCCESS ON QUALITY ORGANICS

Green trimmings and woody materials are combined with food residuals at the A1 Organics Nevada site – bringing compost to the market for buyers who now understand its value. Molly Farrell Tucker AFTER 33 years in Colorado, A1 Organics is gambling on duplicating its composting success in the largely untapped …

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Concreto verde

Resíduos agrícolas podem diminuir o uso de cimento e reduzir a emissão de CO2 As cinzas do bagaço de cana, da casca de arroz e os resíduos da indústria cerâmica são candidatos para entrar na preparação do concreto e diminuir a presença do cimento na elaboração desse produto. A redução …

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Casa do bem na Web

A Unilever criou, em parceria com a rede de hipermercados Wal-Mart Brasil, o Projeto "A Casa do Bem", uma campanha de conscientização do consumidor com mensagens educativas e dicas de sustentabilidade A Casa do Bem, construída com materiais recicláveis, simula quatro ambientes – jardim, cozinha, lavanderia e banheiro. Para compor …

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Inventos ecológicos

A mesma capacidade humana que produz, por exemplo, armamento cada vez mais sofisticado, felizmente também se volta a criar produtos cujos fins são bem mais construtivos Nesse campo, figuram com mérito as invenções ecológicas, propostas práticas para a resolução dos desafios contemporâneos sob o prisma da conservação dos recursos naturais. …

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