Curiosidades

One of Africa‘‘s largest waste dumps, the Dandora Municipal Dumping Site in Nairobi, is a serious threat to children living nearby and the city‘‘s environment generally, a new study shows. The study, commissioned by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), examined 328 children aged 2-18 living around the Dandora waste dump …

Ireland‘‘s WEEE performance so far: § 380,000 fridges and freezers recycled since implementation of WEEE Directive § 570,000 large household appliances recycled since August 2005 § WEEE Directive diverts 240,000 televisions from landfill § 6.7m WEEE items collected to date § 31,500 tonnes / 3.5 million units of household WEEE …

Wales has seen positive increases in recycling and a reduction in waste sent to landfill according to figures just released. MRW reports that the Local Government Data Unit’s local authority performance 2006-07 bulletin shows that local authorities (LA) recycled 18% of waste collected compared to 15% in 2005-06. It also …

Quando observamos uma árvore ou um pedaço de madeira, não imaginamos a importância em relação à energia que esses matérias podem produzir. A lenha já foi em tempo o principal combustível do mundo, mas foi substituído gradativamente após a 2ª Guerra Mundial pelo petróleo. Hoje, muito se fala em biomassa …

No Brasil a produção de energia elétrica da biomassa é estimada em cerca de 3% da energia elétrica total: 10 TWh (1999), sendo 4.1 em co- geração na industrialização de cana, 2.9 na industria de papel e celulose, e cerca de 3 TWh em diversas unidades utilizando resíduos agrícolas.Há uma …

Smedlunds Miljösystem intends to turn each bag of dried kitchen rubbish into a quantity of biogas sufficient to keep a car running for 3.2 kilometres (2 miles), Bohusläningen reports. Swedish.com reports that a small residential area in Guldheden has already agreed to try out the method. "The technology removes around …

For every bin full of paper and cardboard put out to be recycled each fortnight, households are offsetting 90.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide a year, a report on recycling trends has found. Sydney Morning Herald reports that it‘‘s the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by driving a car …

The Yomiuri Shimbun repors that the Yokohama municipal government is to reward neighborhood associations for their collective recycling efforts by distributing 300 million yen earned from selling recycled waste such as plastic bottles and used paper. The city‘‘s efforts to reduce waste started in fiscal 2003. Recycling activities, which include …

O lixo é todo e qualquer material que sobra da atividade humana, ou da natureza, sendo que se gerado pela natureza, ela própria se encarrega de cuidar. Todos nós sabemos e temos ouvido falar sobre a problemática do lixo, sua destinação e o que este acarreta ao meio ambiente. Produzimos …

After you‘‘ve enjoyed a tangy olive, don‘‘t throw away the pit – it could soon be providing a clean, green answer to heat and electricity production, thanks to technology developed by Israeli start-up Genova, now setting up its first pilot plant. Israel21C reports that the company, which was founded in …