Curiosidades

The European Union can cut a third of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 through energy efficiency and renewable energies, as well as through a strong emissions trading system, says WWF. A new report written by the Wuppertal Institute for WWF – Target 2020: Policies and measures to reduce greenhouse …

O século que passou ficará conhecido como o século dos combustí- veis fósseis, uma vez que o carvão, o petróleo e o gás praticamente dominaram o sistema energético de todos os países industrializados. O desenvolvimento e a otimização das tecnologias para utilização desses combustíveis e alguns dos progressos extraordinários que …

Quanto às matrizes bioenergéticas mais promissoras no Brasil, os óleos vegetais são as estrelas. Citando os estudos e as pesquisas realizadas pelo físico e engenheiro José Walter Bautista Vidal, Amyra ressalta os reflexos socioambientais gerados por esses tipos de biomassas, caso sejam adotadas dentro de um modelo de crescimento solidário. …

A abundante vida vegetal do nosso planeta é armazenadora da energia solar e de substâncias químicas, sendo um recurso renovável que chamamos de BIOMASSA. Assim, todos os organismos biológicos que podem ser aproveitados como fontes de energia, são chamados de Biomassa: a cana-de-açúcar, o eucalipto, a beterraba (dos quais se …

A new European Regulation aiming to control waste shipments should enter into force by the beginning of 2007 at the latest. EIS reports that the final version of the report on this draft Regulation, presented by Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM, Netherlands) and adopted by the European Parliament on October 25, includes …

Construction contractors and clients, waste management companies, planners and other interested parties are being invited to take part in the UK‘‘s largest ever construction waste measurement project. This Defra-funded project – being carried out by BRE – will measure waste in a consistent and systematic way, from a range of …

Designer clothes made from recycled textiles have gone on sale in TOPSHOP‘‘s flagship store on Oxford Street in London. The new clothing range, ‘‘Emmeline 4 RE‘‘ by talented young designer Emmeline Child, has been sourced from textiles from The Salvation Army‘‘s Recycling Trading Company and Kettering Textiles in Northamptonshire. In …

A report, commissioned by Enhance, on London‘‘s market potential for biodiesel made from used cooking oils (UCO), has been released. The escalating prices of non-renewable fuels, the increasing demand for fuel in general and the effect these fuels have on the climate will coerce the need for biodiesel in London. …

Chofu City, a part of the Tokyo metropolis, has been charging citizens for waste disposal services since fiscal 2004. Earlier this year report Japan for Sustainability, it announced that the amount of household combustible waste collected in the first year decreased by about 5,760 tons (13 per cent) over the …

Recycling will be top of the Australian Government‘‘s agenda when Environment Ministers meet in Launceston this Wednesday for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council meeting. Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, said Australia already led the world in recycling products like newsprint, but could do more …