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presente estudo investiga a assimilação da informação "lugar do lixo é no lixo" por meio da análise de depoimentos textuais e gráficos de três grupos de alunos da 4ª série do ensino fundamental. Para isso, foram utilizadas como base as oficinas de reciclagem artesanal de papel do Projeto Recicloteca da …

O inpEV – Instituto Nacional de Processamento de Embalagens Vazias – é uma entidade sem fins lucrativos que representa a indústria fabricante de defensivos agrícolas em sua responsabilidade de dar a destinação final às embalagens utilizadas de seus produtos, devolvidas nas unidades de recebimento credenciadas de acordo com a Lei …

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 …

Netherlands officials recently announced the government will be introducing a carbon-based packaging tax aimed at reducing carbon emissions related to the use of packaging, the first such levy in the European Union. Resource Recycling reports that the tax will be based on estimated carbon dioxide emissions produced in making various …

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has released its latest figures on municipal waste for 2006/07 reporting that Scotland has met its domestic target for landfill of biodegradeable municipal waste and the recycling rate continues to increase. Scottish local authorities have reduced the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to …

Retrieving material for composting from open dumps across the developing world could reduce the environmental impact of the growing mountains of waste, according to researchers in India. Environmentalresearchweb newswire reports that open dumps are prevalent in the developing world and have a poor environmental record, according to environmental engineer Kurian …