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UK – recycled clothing on sale at Topshop, London

Designer clothes made from recycled textiles have gone on sale in TOPSHOP‘‘s flagship store on Oxford Street in London. The new clothing range, ‘‘Emmeline 4 RE‘‘ by talented young designer Emmeline Child, has been sourced from textiles from The Salvation Army‘‘s Recycling Trading Company and Kettering Textiles in Northamptonshire. In …

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Dá nova redação ao caput do art. 31 do Decreto no 4.340, de 22 de agosto de 2002, que regulamenta artigos da Lei no 9.985, de 18 de julho de 2000, que dispõe sobre o Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação da Natureza – SNUC – 5.566, DE 26 DE OUTUBRO DE 2005

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USO DE WETLAND SUB-SUPERFICIAL NO TRATAMENTO DE EFLUENTE DE ESTAÇÃO DE TRATAMENTO DE CHORUME POR LODOS ATIVADOS

O presente trabalho analisa o uso de wetland sub-superficial no tratamento do chorume efluente do processo de tratamento por lodos ativados no Aterro Metropolitano de Gramacho. O aterro de Gramacho recebe aproximadamente 8000 toneladas de resíduos urbanos por dia, de toda a região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro. São apresentados …

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UK – £1.5M study into composting practices reports findings

New approach to collecting organic waste could revolutionise kerbside collections The UK‘‘s biggest ever study into composting practices has reported its findings. The Integrated Composting programme (ICP) is a series of seven projects, analysing different aspects of the composting chain including: methods of collecting organic waste, setting up different types …

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France – tackles waste problems

France has launched a program to make its citizens more aware of the mountains of household waste they produce each year and to catch up with neighboring countries in terms of recycling habits. Japan Today (an unusual source for information on France) reports that each French person now throws out, …

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