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La incineración de residuos y los riesgos para la salud pública

Las dioxinas son unos compuestos orgánicos que se producen en la naturaleza durante el proceso de combustión de la materia orgánica. Pertenecen a la familia de los compuestos organoclorados. Los bifenoles policlorados son de la misma familia. Tan solo 17 de las 210 dioxinas existentes son tóxicas

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San Francisco to test turning dog waste into power

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco, a leader in urban recycling, is preparing to enlist its canine population for a first in the United States: converting dog poop into energy.

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San Francisco quer gerar energia com cocô de cães

A cidade de San Francisco, líder em reciclagem urbana, está se preparando para converter os dejetos de sua população canina em energia. A companhia de resíduos da cidade, Norcal Waste Systems Inc., planeja testar carrinhos e bolsas biodegradáveis em um parque popular entre os donos de cachorros

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Expert to help measure landfill waste

Louisville officials are looking for help to determine how quickly the Outer Loop Landfill is filling up.
Officials can’t tell whether an experimental process for digesting and compacting waste is working as well as the landfill’s manager, Waste Management Inc., had promised. So they have hired a University of Louisville expert to help them.

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