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MANEJO INTEGRADO DOS RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS DE PODA URBANA DA CIDADE DO RECIFE

Este estudo objetiva apresentar alternativas, na utilização dos resíduos de poda na cidade do Recife. Foram realizados levantamentos em relação ao índice de geração de resíduos, sua caracterização qualitativa e quantitativa, indicando alternativas de opções de uso desse material

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Estudos de toxicidade em aterros de resíduos sólidos urbanos

Os resíduos depositados em aterros de resíduos sólidos procedem, na mai- oria das vezes, de fontes domiciliares, industriais e comerciais, tendo uma composição bastante diversificada, ali- mentos, podas de árvores, jardim, fral- das descartáveis: rejeitos industriais, pilhas etc. e esses produtos são cons- tituídos por diferentes macromolécu- las, as quais …

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Venezuela – swap scheme turns garbage to food for Caracas poor

In a hilltop in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, where hunger and crime are as common as tumbledown homes, Amarilis Chirinos is finding that the garbage strewn on the slum’s slopes has its uses. ENS reports that she and other residents of the western El Resplandor neighbourhood are flocking to exchange recyclable …

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Aluminium recycling with fuzzy logic

Typically, recycling scrap aluminium requires only 5% of the energy needed to produce the same amount of metal from bauxite ore. Clearly, this makes the process very attractive, both in financial and environmental terms. If, however, high levels of throughput, combined with efficient recovery, are to be achieved, sophisticated recycling …

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Executive recycles > 50%

The Scottish Government recycled 58 per cent of its office waste in 2002/03, an increase of 14 per cent over the previous year. Andy Kerr, Minister for Finance and Public Services said: “The Executive is committed to recycling. I welcome this improvement in performance which puts us ahead of schedule …

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ReMade programme for recyclables in Yorkshire

Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and Humber, with European Funders, is seeking a private sector partner to develop and implement a Regional Market Development (or ‘ReMade’) Programme for Recyclable Materials This new programme aims to: support the development and expansion of regional collection and reprocessing capacity and …

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