Curiosidades

Researchers at the Kansas City-based University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and Midwest Research Institute (MRI) are testing an innovative alternative fuel technology in a pickup truck owned and operated by the Kansas City Office of Environmental Quality. This technology may revolutionize the capacity of natural gas to power vehicles. Current natural …

A stream of protests has hit India‘‘s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for sanctioning municipal waste-to-energy (MWTE) projects that are collapsing under an avalanche of incombustible effluent, according to IPS-Inter Press Service, cited in Power Engineering International. “The technology of converting waste to energy from purely organic wastes …

The landfill on Amran Road in Sana‘‘a is full of items deemed to be of no value. Only after a series of searches for recyclable goods is waste dumped into the landfill. Yemen Observer reports that garbage collection is something that is generally noticed by the public only when it …

Australia will be the first country in the world to ban traditional incandescent light bulbs, says Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Globe-Net reports that according to the plan, yellow incandescent bulbs will be replaced by more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs by 2009. “By that stage you simply won‘‘t be able to …

The move comes in a joint initiative involving representatives from all areas of the retail sector and in response to a concerted call for action from Environment ministers in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They have agreed to support the campaign together with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and …

In light of a significant increase in the amount of leftovers during the one-week Chinese New Year holiday, the Environment Protection Administration (EPA) urged the public to adopt an environmentally friendly “green diet.” The China Post reports that leftovers account for around a quarter of the garbage generated by the …

PONTO DE VISTA Oito mitos sobre a reciclagem informal na América Latina O tema lixo parece gerar mitos e exageros que se baseiam mais em ansiedades populares do que em fatos concretos. O mesmo se aplica ao fenômeno dos recicladores informais, ou seja, as pessoas que ganham a vida catando …

Alguma coisa estranha acontecia dentro de uma casa, em uma rua movimentada de um bairro nobre de São Paulo. “A gente passava e não agüentava o mau cheiro”, diz a vizinha Mercedes Rezende. “Todo mundo brigava, chamava a prefeitura, mas ninguém vinha”, comentou a vizinha Bárbara Juliana. Os vizinhos não …

Mesmo quem não tem dom para corte e costura pode ajudar na produção das fantasias da escola de samba Vai-Vai, que faz parte do Grupo Especial do Carnaval de São Paulo e este ano tem a reciclagem como tema do desfile. A agremiação vai usar garrafas de plástico tipo ‘‘pet‘‘, …