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Uma tonelada e meia de bifenila policlorada (PCB) nos resíduos de concreto da Noruega

UMA TONELADA E MEIA DE BIFENILA POLICLORADA (PCB) UMA TONELADA E MEIA DE BIFENILA POLICLORADA (PCB) NOS RESÍDUOS DE CONCRETO DA NORUEGA   Em 1999, a Noruega produziu aproximadamente 1.150.000 toneladas de resíduos de concreto e tijolos. Isso representa um sexto de todos os resíduos produzidos na Noruega. Cerca de …

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A papelada do seu escritório voltou-se contra você?

A PAPELADA DO SEU ESCRITÓRIO VOLTOU-SE CONTRA VOCÊ A papelada do seu escritório voltou-se contra você?   O que houve com aquele seu escritório sem papéis? O uso de papel para cópias está aumentando a passos largos. De acordo com a Associação Americana para Florestas e Papel, a indústria de …

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EU predicts growth in incineration

The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 to 56 The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 …

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Planning for Sustainable and Integrated Solid Waste Management

A Workshop Report – held 18 to 21 September 2000. A collaborative working group on solid waste management in low and middle income countries. Contains all papers which were presented during the workshop and comes with a CD-ROM

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Domestically Prohibited Goods, Trade in Toxic Waste and Technology Transfer: Issues and Developments

This discussion paper highlights the threat to the environment and health of people in many developing countries posed by growth in uncontrolled transboundary movements of domestically prohibited goods, hazardous waste and dirty technologies. It raised concerns about the rich industrialised countries exporting such substances and technologies to the poor, developing …

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Integrated Sustainable Waste Management – A set of five tools for Decision-makers – Experiences from the Urban Waste Expertise Programme (1995 – 2001)

This series of Tools for Decision-makers on Integrated Sustainable Waste Management(ISWM) presents a different approach to municipal waste management. A ISWM is a concept, analytic framework and assessment that pays attention to aspects often neglected in convetional muncipal waste management. ISWM covers institutional, social, environmental, political, technical and financial aspects, …

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