Curiosidades

Lixo O lixo é uma fonte de riquezas. As indústrias de reciclagem produzem papéis, folhas de alumínio, lâminas de borracha, fibras e energia elétrica, gerada com a combustão. No Brasil, a cada ano são desperdiçados R$ 4,6 bilhões porque não se recicla tudo o que poderia. O Brasil é considerado …

A project is underway to demonstrate the environmental and economic benefits to England and Wales of a multi-modal mass balance approach to the transport of waste and recyclable material. The Strategic Vision is of an Integrated National Network of Strategic Resource Recovery Facilities, incorporating: Regional Nodes Environmental Clusters Industrial Ecology …

Recent field trials undertaken by North American plastics industry association EPIC show that the use of municipal plastic residues as a feedstock in gasification may provide an alternative source of clean energy to help meet the increasing global demand for electricity. Gasification has been in use for more than half …

Nova tecnologia mineira é simples e barata No Brasil,100 milhões de pneus velhos estão espalhados em aterros, terrenos baldios, rios e lagos, segundo estimativa da Associação Nacional da Indústria de Pneumáticos (Anip). E, a cada ano, dezenas de milhões de pneus novos são fabricados no País. Em 2001, foram 45 …

A new survey shows a big difference in people’s support for the environment while at home – compared to the time they spend at work. 80 per cent of those questioned in a YouGov poll for KPMG said they regularly recycle waste and other items at home. But when they …

A new project to cut high levels of waste on construction sites and improve health and safety was announced by UK Government Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe. Currently, about 15-20% of all material delivered to construction sites ends up in skips, costing industry hundreds of millions of pounds a year. …

A report published by the UK Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) reveals that up to 2,300 new waste treatment facilities must be operational by 2020 to avoid a major crisis involving millions of tonnes of untreated waste. The introduction of these facilities, which could total up to £30 billion pounds, …

The Government of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong in China recently issued a note summarising progress on environmental topics over the last decade. On waste disposal, the note reported that: Unwanted waste is disposed of at three very large landfills in the New Territories through a network of …

O PVC é um plástico derivado do sal marionho (57%) e do petróleo (43%) e possui numerosas aplicações envolvendo uma série de produtos, tais como embalagens, fios e cabos, mangueiras, perfis de janelas e laminados, calçados, brinquedos, tubos e conexões, etc. O principal mercado é o de tubos e conexões …

In the mid to late 1960s, manufacturers of refrigerators and freezers began replacing the glass-fibre insulation used on the walls and doors of their products with polyurethane plastic foam. The move not only provided consumers with a larger interior that offered the same insulation properties (i.e. 80 to 90 mm …