Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
Os dormentes — parte lateral das estradas de ferro normalmente feitos de madeira ou concreto — poderão ter como matéria prima plástico descartado, incluindo computadores velhos, com instalação prevista nas ferrovias do Reino Unido em breve. A companhia britânica Micron, que faz os dormentes a partir de poliestireno e polietileno, …
Mais »Lixo eletrônico mundial cabe em trem capaz de dar a volta ao mundo
Por Daniela Moreira, repórter do IDG Now! Publicada em 26 de abril de 2007 às 07h00 Atualizada em 08 de outubro de 2007 às 15h03 Um vagão de carga de um trem capaz de dar uma volta completa no mundo. Essa é a quantidade de lixo eletrônico produzida pela humanidade …
Mais »Reutilização de sucatas eletrônicas
A preocupação está crescendo entre governos do mundo todo em relação ao lixo eletrônico – velhos computadores, televisores, telefones celulares, equipamentos de áudio, baterias etc. – liberando substâncias como o chumbo, que podem atingir o lençol freático e poluir regiões inteiras. Um único monitor colorido de computador ou televisor pode …
Mais »Questão de época
A luta pela sobrevivência em diferentes épocas: les glaneuses (catadoras de restos de colheita na França do século XIX) e as catadoras de lixo. Sobre as primeiras, a diretora francesa Agnès Varda fez um ótimo filme, Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, uma crítica à sociedade de consumo
Mais »USA – Schwarzenegger terminates some plastics bills, signs others
Plastics Recycling Update reports that ringing a long, hard legislative session to an end, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a number of plastics-related bills that reached his desk, yet signed others. Plastics Recycling Update reports that Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation, for the third year in a row, which would have required …
Mais »UK – food waste prevention can help combat climate change, says WRAP
MRW reports that out of all the waste initiatives food waste prevention has the potential to make the single biggest contribution to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Speaking at WRAP’s annual review, WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin said that out of …
Mais »UK – under-packaging is an order of magnitude worse than over-packaging
Food waste levels are shocking but no-one is doing more to reduce them than the packaging industry, reports packaging industry body Incpen. Supermarkets and their suppliers are reducing packaging but, more importantly they are making sure they use enough packaging to help stop food waste which is a much bigger …
Mais »China – WEEE recycling "raises dioxin in mothers and babies"
Methods used to recycle electronic waste exported to China "significantly" increase the amount of the toxin dioxin in women of child-bearing age and in breast-fed babies, According to EarthTimes, Chinese scientists estimated that the intake of dioxin in breast-fed babies in Taizhou in eastern China, where more than 2.2 million …
Mais »Europe – the road from landfilling to recycling: common destination, different routes
A new brochure from the European Environment Agency (EEA) presents the EEA‘‘s new country factsheets on waste policies and trends across the EU-25, and summarises some patterns in approaches to waste management that are highlighted by the factsheets. Achieving effective policy outcomes: the importance of tailoring waste management policies to …
Mais »Canada – Municipal Solid Waste – Gold in the garbage!
With Canadians disposing of over 25 million tonnes of waste to landfills each year, many municipalities are handing over money to companies that specialize in turning municipal solid waste (MSW) into energy. Globe-Net reports that through ingenuity, many waste-to-energy technologies have been developed for this waste and it has become …
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