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O Manual de Gerenciamento Integrado de Resíduos Sólidos será utilizado como instrumento didático nos programas de treinamento e capacitação em Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos promovidos pela Secretaria Especial de Desenvolvimento Urbano da Presidência da República – SEDU/PR e pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Municipal – IBAM, podendo servir de referência …

Recycling techniques are at least 50 centuries old but literature on the subject is scarce. Over the last ten years recovery techniques have developed, stimulated by political and economic factors. Knowledge of existing recycling tech-niques is important to recyclers and also manufacturers of consumer goods. Following an introduction and a …

This guide to good practice has been compiled (in loose leaf format) to assist managers of workshops to reach standards that will result in accreditation, efficiency and assurance of quality. Currently there are more than 300 community organisations across the UK supplying household effects to people in need. Many customers …

This manual provides an up-to-date and complete account of EU environmental policy and legislation and its impact in Britain. It is a practical reference for everyone from individual consultants to companies and governmental organisa-tions who need to know how EU environmental policy continues to drive change in Britain

Computer manufacturers will likely see their already slumping sales deteriorate further after a recycling fee on computers purchased for use in the home is imposed in April. Although the fee, which will be collected at the time of purchase to cover the costs of recycling when the computer is discarded, …

Refuse disposal technology continually evolving TOKYO (Kyodo via COMTEX) — Amid mounting refuse disposal problems nationwide, Japan’s steel, chemical and other materials-producing industries are devising increasingly innovative new technologies to cope with the problem, providing a glimmer of hope for a long-term solution. Tatsuno in the western Japan prefecture of …

Tecnologia usada para separar nylon, aço e borracha dos pneus é tão importante no processo de reciclagem, que o nome do inventor é mantido em sigilo pela empresa. São Paulo – A mais recente prova de que o Brasil, ainda que por força da Lei, se preocupa com a preservação …

Rio de Janeiro

A quantidade de resíduos sólidos municipais (MSW) incinerados na União Européia deverá aumentar de 31 milhões de toneladas por ano (Mtpa) em 1990 para 56,5 Mtpa em 2004 A quantidade de resíduos sólidos municipais (MSW) incinerados na União Européia deverá aumentar de 31 milhões de toneladas por ano (Mtpa) em …