Acervo

Reciclagem de pneus em Curitiba, Paraná.

A Prefeitura de Curitiba fez um acordo com a Petrobras e a BS Colway Remoldagem de Pneus para reciclar pneus velhos, normalmente jogados em fundos de quintais, terrenos baldios ou rios. Os pneus serão transformados em óleo combustível, gás e enxofre, depois de processados com o xisto betuminoso em uma …

Mais »

A OCED planeja estratégia ambiental

Os governos dos 30 países membros da Organização para Cooperação Econômica e Desenvolvimento (OCED) encontraram-se recentemente em Paris e adotaram a Estratégia Ambiental da OCED Para a Primeira Década do Século 21, comprometendo-se com programas nacionais específicos para os próximos 10 anos, visando eliminar os problemas ambientais mais graves, incluindo …

Mais »

A recycler fears trashing of its monopoly John Schmid – International Herald Tribune, Friday, July 12, 2002

Germany’s king of the heap: FRANKFURT As societies struggle with the mountains of garbage they produce, Germany looks like an environmentalist’s promised land. . A decade ago, this refuse-obsessed country spawned a program known as the Green Dot, or Gruener Punkt, which calls itself the world’s biggest recycling project. . …

Mais »

Applying economics to natural resource management

Applying economics to natural resource management Those of you with an interest in environmental economics and market-based instruments will probably find this useful, even though the National Market-based Instruments Pilots Program does not relate explicitly to waste (and comes from Australia’s national action plan for salinity and water quality). The …

Mais »

England funding initiative to boost recycling

England funding initiative to boost recycling As previously mentioned, Local Authorities all over England will receive extra funding to help recycling. A couple of days ago the Government announced the results of which councils had been successful in applications for a slice of the cake. A total of £42m this …

Mais »