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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. …

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 …

Chofu City, a part of the Tokyo metropolis, has been charging citizens for waste disposal services since fiscal 2004. Earlier this year report Japan for Sustainability, it announced that the amount of household combustible waste collected in the first year decreased by about 5,760 tons (13 per cent) over the …

Trem movido a vacas O primeiro trem movido a biogás fez sua viagem inaugural nesta segunda-feira na Suécia. O combustível pode ser feito a partir dos restos mortais de animais. No caso sueco, vacas estão sendo abatidas e trituradas para dar impulso ao trem. O material orgânico é misturado a …

Construction contractors and clients, waste management companies, planners and other interested parties are being invited to take part in the UK‘‘s largest ever construction waste measurement project. This Defra-funded project – being carried out by BRE – will measure waste in a consistent and systematic way, from a range of …

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 …