Curiosidades

A Unilever criou, em parceria com a rede de hipermercados Wal-Mart Brasil, o Projeto “A Casa do Bem”, uma campanha de conscientização do consumidor com mensagens educativas e dicas de sustentabilidade A Casa do Bem, construída com materiais recicláveis, simula quatro ambientes – jardim, cozinha, lavanderia e banheiro. Para compor …

Working with an area hauler and landfill company, wood processor diverts green waste for booming mulch and compost business. Rhodes Yepsen HANSEN‘‘S Tree Service, in Missouri‘‘s St. Louis metropolitan area, has an unusual setup, one that has proven to be quite successful for owner and President Jeff Hansen. In the …

Green trimmings and woody materials are combined with food residuals at the A1 Organics Nevada site – bringing compost to the market for buyers who now understand its value. Molly Farrell Tucker AFTER 33 years in Colorado, A1 Organics is gambling on duplicating its composting success in the largely untapped …

Land area required for support functions are in the range of 30 to 80 percent, depending on such factors as composting technology, air emission and leachate control, traffic and safety, buffer and product storage. George Savage THE addition of new composting facilities or expansion of capacity at existing ones is …

CIWMB-funded study on composting emissions from food and green wastes provides valuable data. Bob Horowitz A NEW study funded by the California Integrated Waste Board (CIWMB) indicates that well-managed composting of green waste and food waste releases significantly less air pollution than previously thought. The study also demonstrates that a …

No dia 21 de outubro de 2007, o fotografo, ciclista e ambientalista brasileiro Zé do Pedal, 50, conseguiu realizar a tão esperada travessia da baia de Guanabara a bordo de seu Pet Bateau, um pequeno barco a pedal feito com garrafas pet e peças recicladas No dia 30 de setembro, …

Diane Greer DARRIN IHNEN is looking at corncobs in a new light. Once left on the fields to rot, Ihnen is now harvesting the cobs along with the corn from 4,000-acres on his farm in Hurley, South Dakota – hoping to turn the field waste into income producing feedstock for …

Resíduos agrícolas podem diminuir o uso de cimento e reduzir a emissão de CO2 As cinzas do bagaço de cana, da casca de arroz e os resíduos da indústria cerâmica são candidatos para entrar na preparação do concreto e diminuir a presença do cimento na elaboração desse produto. A redução …

Government, waste haulers, cartoneros and NGOs are working on increased recycling and composting. Nora Goldstein IN LATE 2005, the City Council in Buenos Aires, Argentina unanimously passed a law, “Integral Management Of Solid Urban Waste,” a Zero Waste law. The law sets goals and milestones to reduce the volume of …

Enquanto no Brasil ainda são poucos os que pensam duas vezes antes de colocar uma garrafa PET no lixo, no Japão, reciclar é obrigatório –e complicado. Lá, cada prefeitura decide quantas categorias de lixo terá, e são ao menos cinco: de materiais incineráveis, não-incineráveis, garrafas PET, latas de metal e …