Curiosidades

Proposals that will change the way landfill operators fund the management and maintenance of landfill sites after they have closed have been announced by the Environment Agency. The proposals, which will ensure that landfill operators make cash available for the aftercare of their site from the first day of its …

Single-use PET beverage bottles face refillable glass on equal terms. This is the unexpected but clear result of the largest, uncompromising, scientific study on PET conducted by the renowned IFEU institute in Heidelberg, Germany. The study was commissioned by Petcore, the European trade association representing the interests of the PET …

Khaleej Times reports that about 50 per cent of collected waste in the UAE capital Sharjah can be utilised again through proper recycling to generate valuable materials, according to a recent study conducted by the Environment Protection Section and a German environment engineering advisory firm. The high organic content, which …

The annual environmental cost of landfilling of putrescible waste in Australian major cities may exceed A$640 million per year, according to research undertaken as part of a soon-to-be-released study by sustainability consultancy, Nolan-ITU. In comparison, the cost of salinity to Australia amounts to A$243 million per year. The preliminary costing …

Getting rid of waste, fuelling ships, and at the same time using residual energy to fuel a desalinator and produce water to irrigate fields – too good to be true?. AGI reports that the proposal was made by Industriale Italia, a Neapolitan company that forecasts the use of an international …

Kamikatsu Town, Japan, is attracting attention for its garbage collection efforts. Garbage in this town is not collected by a conventional garbage truck. Residents bring their own waste to the town‘‘s trash station. Garbage is classified into 34 categories and then whatever can be recycled is recycled. The garbage station …

BY the time seven-month-old Jacob Lowry learns to use a potty, he will be responsible for more than 800 kg of the 111,200 tonnes of disposable nappies that fill Australian tips every year. Astounded by the statistic, Jacob‘‘s mother, Australian singer Marina Prior, has become the face of the nation‘‘s …

As garrafas PET de refrigerantes representam um risco ao meio ambiente. As embalagens desse tipo de plástico são resistentes, mas acabam no lixo e levam mais de 100 anos para serem absorvidas pela natureza. Por isso, é muito bom não desperdiçar materiais recicláveis, que podem ser usados de outra forma. …

A UNICEF alerta que, no Brasil, somente 15 a 20% dos resíduos sólidos urbanos têm destino final adequado. Cerca de 80% são colocados em lixões ou em aterros controlados, que são praticamente iguais aos lixões, apenas cobertos por uma simples camada de terra.

Não é à toa que a reciclagem é apontada como uma importante solução para o problema do lixo. Através dela, a natureza deixa de receber produtos difíceis de "ingerir": Vidro: não é biodegradável e representa 3% dos resíduos urbanos Papel: demora de um a quatro meses para ser consumido pela …