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Num vídeo publicado no Instagram e partilhado viralmente nos EUA, além de se apontar para a inexistência de centros de reciclagem de baterias de lítio na Califórnia – onde têm ocorrido apagões de eletricidade e circulam mais de meio milhão de veículos elétricos -, sublinha-se que "apenas 10 dos materiais das baterias de carros elétricos são recicláveis". Tem fundamento?

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The waste-to-energy market is expected to surpass 70bn by 2030, according to a recent study by Global Market Insights, as governments pursue reductions in methane production agreed during COP26.

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In the 2017 science fiction film Attraction, an alien spaceship arrives on Earth, kicking off an unconventional love story between a human and an alien, with the fate of our planet in the balance.

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This (surprisingly) not-gross project gives you a steady supply of plant food.

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Beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Circular Action, a BV Rio group company, in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (PRO Vietnam). The pilot project intends to provide a recycling solution and deliver additional income to around 200 informal waste pickers.

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This (surprisingly) not-gross project gives you a steady supply of plant food.

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"I‘ve been using plastic film since I started growing flue-cured tobacco. In the past, the waste plastic film was discarded in the farmland and the river, which presented a shocking scene.

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The leader of Edinburgh Council has said the mountains of rubbish on its streets has brought “into sharp focus” the value of its waste and cleaning workers.

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O descarte do lixo urbano tornou-se um problema ambiental agravado ainda mais após a pandemia da Covid-19. Com o aumento da migração de atividades profissionais para dentro das residências, a geração de resíduos sólidos urbanos no país alcançou a marca histórica de 82,5 milhões de toneladas por ano, segundo dados da Associação Brasileiras das Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais (ABRELPE).

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Cada chileno genera aproximadamente 1,25 kilos de basura diariamente y el 50 son residuos orgánicos que terminan en rellenos sanitarios.

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