Curiosidades

The flood of used and discarded information technology and telecommunication equipment (so-called “IT waste”) is a growing problem, and alternative strategies and funding models to safely collect, refurbish or recycle the equipment (and divert the toxic metals they contain from landfill) are highly controversial. Most of the debate centres on …

Calcula-se que, no Brasil, existam cerca de 300 indústrias de reciclagem de plástico, que faturam cerca de R$ 250 milhões e geram até 20 mil empregos diretos. Graças à iniciativa dessas empresas, 15% do plástico consumido retornam à produção como matéria-prima, o que equivale a 200 mil toneladas por ano. …

Imagine um festival de música como foi a terceira edição do Rock in Rio, que aconteceu em janeiro de 2001. Muita festa, muito agito e… muita sujeira. Pois é, num evento como esse cada espectador é capaz de produzir, em média, 800 gramas de lixo

Imagine a scenario where all yard trimmings collected for recycling have to be received, processed and composted under the cover of a building. It would be tough for most yard trimmings composting facilities to survive the expense. Yet this situation could have occurred in Southern California. At one point, the …

Introduction The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Management program directs the storage, treatment, and disposal of waste generated by DOE’s activities. In support of this mission, the Waste Management program uses a variety of treatment technologies to change the characteristics of the waste so that it may be more easily …

1.1 Background The main objective of the study was: To conduct an economic evaluation, that considers both private and social welfare costs and benefits, of existing options for managing the biodegradable fraction of municipal solid waste. Although all management options (anaerobic digestion, composting, landfilling, incineration, etc.) receive some consideration in …

Municipalities across Canada are looking for economical and environmental methods to improve their waste management diversion methods. Some are scrambling to assess and extend landfill disposal capacity and others are trying to dramatically increase their diversion rates. Many are initiating a combination of strategies. Canada’s largest city has arguably received …

Sellers of used personal computers in Japan are enjoying brisk trade, partly because consumers are now required by law to spend several thousand yen on sending PCs they no longer need back to manufacturers. The Japan Times reprots that the vigorous market may also be tied to the onset of …

560,000 or 42% of Irish households are now segregating their waste, there are now over 1,700 recycling facilities nationwide and recycling in Dublin has increased by 300% in three years. These were among the statistics contained in the first 5-year report on Ireland´s waste management progress. Publishing the report, titled …

Na Universidade Federal de Goiás os macacos prego estão roubando e se alimentando do lixo. Eles abrem a tampa do contêiner e retiram as embalagens de iogurte, sucos e outros restos, muitos deles morrem por engasgarem com a embalagem, estão diabéticos, obesos, agressivos e preguiçosos, pois não vivem mais da …