Curiosidades

Um sistema de aquecimento ecologicamente correto, que não polui, não depende de sol para funcionar, não utiliza chamas e ainda por cima fornece até seis vezes mais energia do que a eletricidade que consome. Ainda que pareça idéia futurista, trata-se de uma tecnologia consolidada na Europa e agora uma realidade …

O lixo dos Estados Unidos transformou Zhang Yin na pessoa mais rica da China. Em 1990, Zhang começou a coletar papel usado em Los Angeles e a enviá-lo para a China, onde seria utilizado na confecção do papelão necessário para os setores exportadores do país em expansão. Sua empresa, a …

Never mind the 10 million green bottles standing on a wall, Scots recycle twice that amount of green glass alone each year, according to new figures cited by The Scotsman. The latest figures for glass recycling show Scotland‘s drinking habits are becoming increasingly continental – at least among those who …

According to the Israeli Environment Ministry‘‘s Solid Waste Division, each person in Israel generated 1.6 kilograms of waste per day in 2004 or some 584 kilograms per year. The total quantity of waste generated in Israel each year is some 5.8 million tons (including municipal and industrial waste). The goal …

Recycling Householders are urged to recycle to stop waste going to landfill sites Councils are investigating what happens to their recycled rubbish after the BBC revealed 500 tonnes had been shipped unsorted to Indonesia. Customs at Jakarta impounded containers holding mixed up paper, cardboard, plastics and cans from UK households. …

The Commission‘‘s Biomass Action Plan should reduce oil imports by 8%, prevent greenhouse gas emissions of 209 million tons CO2-equivalent per year and create up to 300,000 new job. Too good to be true? This note from Euractiv. The Commission adopted the Biomass Action Plan on 7 December 2005. The …

The US Army has completed a major manoeuvre by switching to environmentally friendly grit blast media, made from recycled glass, at its Field Support Battalion base near Southampton. Glass grit, sourced from reprocessor Krysteline, is being used to refurbish military equipment – including land vehicles, generators and watercraft – at …

“An early and welcome Christmas present for our environment”, is how Mr. Dick Roche, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government described the announcement by the two producer compliance schemes – WEEE Ireland and ERP – that 5,000 tonnes of old electrical and electronic equipment has been collected …

This piece from The Arizona Republic elaborates a reference we made a few months ago to the interesting work of Professor Jones from the University of Arizona. By pawing through people‘‘s garbage, professional dumpster diver Timothy W. Jones has concluded that Americans have no respect for the food they eat. …

An interesting tale from newsday.com, showing a neat vermicomposting scheme. A 23-year-old Princeton dropout set out to be a smart entrepreneur, not an environmental hero. His growing business is built on organic fertilizer made from worm faeces, then bottled in recycled plastic bottles. TerraCycle markets plant fertilizer created by “vermicomposting” …