Os pneus usados podem ser reutilizados após sua recauchutagem. Esta consiste na remoção por raspagem da banda de rodagem desgastada da carcaça e na colocação de uma nova banda. Após a vulcanização, o pneu "recauchutado" deverá ter a mesma durabilidade que o novo. A economia do processo favorece os pneus …
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This paper describes the experience held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where a very simple biogas recovery and utilization system has been installed in an old landfill. Around 130 vehicules from the waste management company has been converted for biogas use, substituting either the diesel oil, gasoline and …
Mais »Landfill Gas Recovery: an Important Alternative Energy Resource for Developing Countries
This paper describes the experience held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where a very simple biogas recovery and utilization system has been installed in an old landfill. Around 130 vehicules from the waste management company has been converted for biogas use, substituting either the diesel oil, gasoline and …
Mais »Landfill Gas Recovery: an Important Alternative Energy Resource for Developing Countries
This paper describes the experience held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where a very simple biogas recovery and utilization system has been installed in an old landfill. Around 130 vehicules from the waste management company has been converted for biogas use, substituting either the diesel oil, gasoline and …
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Environment Minister Elliot Morley has urged householders and businesses to recycle now and more often as he gave his backing to a major new multi-million pound recycling campaign being launched today by the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), with support from Defra. The new campaign – Recycle Now – is …
Mais »UK – new Defra strategy for waste-related research – to inform policy on sustainable waste management
The UK Government‘‘s Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra‘‘s) Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Howard Dalton, has announced the publication of the research strategy which aims to deliver better-informed sustainable waste management policy development, and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, at both national and local levels. Professor Howard Dalton said: …
Mais »UK – Compost use set to grow in organic farming sector
The use of compost in the UK‘‘s organic farming and growing industry could increase by more than 300 per cent over the next three years to around 120,000 tonnes per year and be worth nearly £1 million, according to a report published by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). …
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The Technical University (TU) of Berlin aims to become a sustainable university with help from the ReUse Computer project. The TU Berlin has recently taken delivery of its first ReUse computer, which also heralds new cooperation between the TU Berlin and the Re-Use Computer Association. The university hopes to save …
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