Curiosidades

Up to 40 percent of Eastern Washington’s residential energy could be provided by converting municipal and agricultural wastes into methane, according to a study sponsored by the Washington Department of Ecology and the Inland Northwest Technology Education Center (INTEC). The study was conducted by Shulin Chen, professor of biological systems …

Técnicas de reciclagem e incineração prometem eliminar o depósito de resíduos em aterros sanitários em Berlim. De acordo com a companhia estadual de coleta de lixo da capital alemã, dos dois milhões de toneladas de lixo produzidas anualmente, cerca de 40% já são recicladas. O restante é incinerado em plantas …

Pennsylvania’s recycling industry – which includes 141 manufacturers of recycled products – has created a $23.4 billion industry that employs more than 81,000 people, announced Governor Edward Rendell last month. The state’s recycling programs topped four million tons, based on reports filed by counties. “We have demonstrated that we can …

Mais de 60% do lixo coletado no Brasil é formado por restos vegetais e animais, mas apenas 1,5% desse total é reaproveitado como fertilizante agrícola. O uso de resíduos orgânicos como adubo para plantas data de muitos séculos. Já em 43 d.C., o filósofo Virgílio relatou em seu livro “As …

O aumento global do lixo eletrônico causa preocupação em alguns países. Por isso, o Parlamento Europeu está preparando uma lei que obrigará fabricantes de computadores e outros equipamentos eletrônicos a recolherem seus próprios produtos em 2006. O Estado deverá montar uma estrutura de apoio para o projeto, criando ou financiando …

The Central Coast Vineyard Team (CCVT) based in Templeton, California is in its second year of a Clean Water Project that has had a “huge success” with nine participating growers. In the first year, 100 acres were designated to demonstrate Best Management Practices to reduce soil erosion and water runoff, …

Applications are now being invited for a Defra funding programme designed to release £30 million to encourage the take up of new and emerging technologies to deal with biodegradable municipal waste (BMW). The Demonstrator Programme is one of two Defra funding programmes put in place to help England to meet …

Measures to curb the blight caused by the illegal dumping of waste, known as fly-tipping, have been outlined by Local Environmental Quality Minister Alun Michael. Speaking at an event to publish the findings of a survey of the state of England’s streets, Mr Michael gave details of two consultation exercises, …

The Government has spelled out the key local environmental and anti-social behaviour issues faced by communities, and highlighted the action it wants to see tackled with increased urgency. Local environmental quality Minister Alun Michael was joined by Home Office Minister Hazel Blears, and Yvette Cooper of the Office of the …

A Small Change in the way you manage your waste can yield big savings “Burying your waste is like taking the cash from the drawer of the business till and emptying it into a hole in the ground,” said Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government Mr. Martin …