Curiosidades

Pennsylvania’s recycling industry – which includes 141 manufacturers of recycled products – has created a $23.4 billion industry that employs more than 81,000 people, announced Governor Edward Rendell last month. The state’s recycling programs topped four million tons, based on reports filed by counties. “We have demonstrated that we can …

Up to 40 percent of Eastern Washington’s residential energy could be provided by converting municipal and agricultural wastes into methane, according to a study sponsored by the Washington Department of Ecology and the Inland Northwest Technology Education Center (INTEC). The study was conducted by Shulin Chen, professor of biological systems …

For the past 30 years, TreePeople – a nonprofit environmental organization – has inspired people to improve their Los Angeles region through the care and planting of nearly two million trees. One current program, Generation Earth – contracted by the Los Angeles County Public Works Department – works with students …

O lixo não é um problema somente dos órgãos públicos. Todos os cidadãos precisam se conscientizar e buscar iniciativas para diminuir a geração de resíduos. Há pouco tempo vem circulando entre os internautas brasileiros um e-mail, vindo da Noruega, com dicas de como as pessoas podem colaborar com os serviços …

Mais de 60% do lixo coletado no Brasil é formado por restos vegetais e animais, mas apenas 1,5% desse total é reaproveitado como fertilizante agrícola. O uso de resíduos orgânicos como adubo para plantas data de muitos séculos. Já em 43 d.C., o filósofo Virgílio relatou em seu livro “As …

The Government has spelled out the key local environmental and anti-social behaviour issues faced by communities, and highlighted the action it wants to see tackled with increased urgency. Local environmental quality Minister Alun Michael was joined by Home Office Minister Hazel Blears, and Yvette Cooper of the Office of the …

Measures to curb the blight caused by the illegal dumping of waste, known as fly-tipping, have been outlined by Local Environmental Quality Minister Alun Michael. Speaking at an event to publish the findings of a survey of the state of England’s streets, Mr Michael gave details of two consultation exercises, …

A Small Change in the way you manage your waste can yield big savings “Burying your waste is like taking the cash from the drawer of the business till and emptying it into a hole in the ground,” said Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government Mr. Martin …

Applications are now being invited for a Defra funding programme designed to release £30 million to encourage the take up of new and emerging technologies to deal with biodegradable municipal waste (BMW). The Demonstrator Programme is one of two Defra funding programmes put in place to help England to meet …

Calma. O planeta ainda não chegou ao ponto de lhe pedir para mobiliar a casa com madeira plástica. Mas está ficando difícil explicar por que ainda é preciso derrubar árvores para fazer banco de jardim, mesa de varanda, mourão de cerca, caibro de telhado, estaca de píer ou deque de …