Curiosidades

A groundbreaking trial, collecting organic waste from householders in the London Borough of Bexley using aerobic bins, is set to revolutionise collections across the UK. A study, funded by SITA Environmental Trust has been published. "If you can eat it and it grows, it goes in the aerobic bin" was …

A abundante vida vegetal do nosso planeta é armazenadora da energia solar e de substâncias químicas, sendo um recurso renovável que chamamos de BIOMASSA. Assim, todos os organismos biológicos que podem ser aproveitados como fontes de energia, são chamados de Biomassa: a cana-de-açúcar, o eucalipto, a beterraba (dos quais se …

O século que passou ficará conhecido como o século dos combustí- veis fósseis, uma vez que o carvão, o petróleo e o gás praticamente dominaram o sistema energético de todos os países industrializados. O desenvolvimento e a otimização das tecnologias para utilização desses combustíveis e alguns dos progressos extraordinários que …

Quanto às matrizes bioenergéticas mais promissoras no Brasil, os óleos vegetais são as estrelas. Citando os estudos e as pesquisas realizadas pelo físico e engenheiro José Walter Bautista Vidal, Amyra ressalta os reflexos socioambientais gerados por esses tipos de biomassas, caso sejam adotadas dentro de um modelo de crescimento solidário. …

A new European Regulation aiming to control waste shipments should enter into force by the beginning of 2007 at the latest. EIS reports that the final version of the report on this draft Regulation, presented by Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM, Netherlands) and adopted by the European Parliament on October 25, includes …

Recycling will be top of the Australian Government‘‘s agenda when Environment Ministers meet in Launceston this Wednesday for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council meeting. Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, said Australia already led the world in recycling products like newsprint, but could do more …

Designer clothes made from recycled textiles have gone on sale in TOPSHOP‘‘s flagship store on Oxford Street in London. The new clothing range, ‘‘Emmeline 4 RE‘‘ by talented young designer Emmeline Child, has been sourced from textiles from The Salvation Army‘‘s Recycling Trading Company and Kettering Textiles in Northamptonshire. In …

A report, commissioned by Enhance, on London‘‘s market potential for biodiesel made from used cooking oils (UCO), has been released. The escalating prices of non-renewable fuels, the increasing demand for fuel in general and the effect these fuels have on the climate will coerce the need for biodiesel in London. …

Local Environmental Quality Minister Ben Bradshaw has launched for consultation proposals for recycling and composting targets for 2007/08. Mr Bradshaw stressed that the consultation would deal with targets for 2007/08 only. He confirmed that the current review of Waste Strategy 2000 would consider a longer term vision, looking more broadly …

Here is a perspective from one side of the fence for the plastic bag debate, which here continues in Quebec. A private member‘‘s bill introduced in the Quebec National Assembly is an intervention in search of a ‘‘problem‘‘. Bill 390 would prohibit plastic shopping bags that are non-biodegradable. What is …