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Use of low-grade alternative fuels such as waste coal, tyres, sewage sludge, and biomass fuels (such as wood products, agricultural waste, etc.) in pre-calciners is a feasible option since combustion in pre-calciner takes place at a lower temperature.
The Companies With the Largest Plastic Footprint
Break Free From Plastic, a non-profit organization fighting plastic pollution, published the results of its annual brand audit last week.
Climate explained: seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
I was in Switzerland recently and discovered that they haven’t had any landfill since the early 2000s, because all of their waste is either recycledincinerated to produce electricity. How “green” is it to incinerate waste in order to produce electricity? Is it something New Zealand should consider, so that 1) we have no more landfill, and 2) we can replace our fossil-fuel power stations with power stations that incinerate waste?
Senado aprova nova Lei de Licitações
Em sessão remota nesta quinta-feira (10), o Plenário do Senado aprovou o Projeto de Lei (PL) 4.253/2020, que cria um novo marco legal para substituir a Lei das Licitações (Lei 8.666/1993), a Lei do Pregão (Lei 10.520/2002) e o Regime Diferenciado de Contratações (RDC – Lei 12.462/11), além de agregar temas relacionados. O texto, relatado pelo senador Antonio Anastasia (PSD-MG), vai agora à sanção do presidente da República.
Fonte: Agência Senado
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Produção global de plástico pode crescer 50 até 2025
Caso nada seja feito, o planeta poderá atingir, já em 2025, mais de 600 milhões de toneladas de plásticos produzidos anualmente, um aumento de 50 na produção atual.
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What Is Commingled Recycling? How Single-Stream Recycling Works
When we were little, we were told that one of the core rules of proper recycling was that each different item — glass, plastic, paper, and aluminum — should be placed in its own separate bin. Many sanitation and recycling programs run by municipalities follow this model, having pickup days for eacha few different materials each week. This is not always the case, however. What is commingled recycling and how does it make it even easier for people to recycle?
Consumo de plásticos explode na pandemia e Brasil recicla menos de 2 do material
Com o avanço do delivery de alimentos e do comércio eletrônico, além do maior uso de material hospitalar descartável como máscaras e luvas, o consumo de plásticos explodiu durante a pandemia do coronavírus.
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Exploring the Unusual History of the Recycling Symbol
These days, recycling is almost second-nature to many people. When we take out the trash, we put the plastic, glass, metal, and paper in its respective bin, and bring it to the curb. When we’re out and about, we know which bin to throw the recyclable products into, and which is just for trash. How do we know all that? Because of the recycling symbol, of course. But the history of the recycling symbol and the person who invented it, are not widely understood by many of the people who take that now-iconic symbol for granted.
Coca Cola, PepsiCo y Nestlé vuelven a encabezar la lista de contaminadores por residuos plásticos, según un estudio
Así lo refleja el informe anual de Break Free From Plastic, que ha analizado y documentado 347.000 piezas de plástico recogidas por todo el mundo.
Gaps remain in EU recycling regime says BIMCO
An updated report on the European list of ship recycling facilities, commissioned by BIMCO, shows progress in increasing the number of active yards on the list, but the rules still do not reflect commercial realities and lag behind on capacity to scrap large commercial ships.