Coleta regular dos resíduos oriundos da limpeza e varrição de feiras, praias e calçadões (ABNT)
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Coleta regular que remove resíduos provenientes de estabelecimentos que apresentam riscos de contaminação, tais como; presídios, portos, aeroportos internacionais e similares (ABNT)
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Coleta efetuada por empresa privada contratada por órgão público municipal, que continua arrecadando a taxa ou a tarifa do serviço correspondente e efetuando a fiscalização e o pagamento devido (ABNT)
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Coleta regular dos resíduos produzidos nas farmácias, centros de saúde, laboratórios, ambulatórios, clínicas veterinárias e estabelecimentos congêneres, executada por veículos apropriados (ABNT)
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A landfill permitted to accept substances classified as hazardous wastes. Source: Department of Toxic Substance Control – California – USA
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El conocimiento de los orígenes y los tipos de residuos sólidos, así como los datos sobre la composición y las tasas de generación, es básico para el diseño y operación de los elementos funcionales asociados con la gestión de residuos sólidos. Entendiendo como residuo, todo aquel producto bien sea en …
Mais »Spain – ex-monk single-handedly building church from waste
In Mejorada del Campo, Spain – Justo Gallego has been building what he calls a cathedral, single-handedly, for the last 40 years. Huddled in two old coats by a bonfire in the nave, his face grubby and his cheeks hollow, the 78-year-old former monk says the end is in sight. …
Mais »USA – new litter problem: human waste on freeways
Plastic bottles filled with urine are becoming a common sight along the highways, particularly at freeway interchanges, reports the Tri-City Herald in Washington State, USA. From March 4 to Nov. 27, 2002, one Adams County highway cleanup crew picked up 2,666 jugs of urine and 67 bags with human excrement …
Mais »UK – Scientists turn waste paper into building materials
Scientists have found a productive way to dispose of waste caused in the recycling of paper by using it to make building materials. “Ten tonnes of waste paper, when recycled, may create two tonnes of fibrous clay/limestone residue bound up with two tonnes of water. An Australian online news agency …
Mais »Switzerland – electronic waste stores up trouble for the future
Millions of tons of obsolete electronic goods or “e-waste” are piling up worldwide leaking hazardous chemicals into the environment. The question of what to do with them was one subject discussed in Geneva this week at the World Summit on the Information Society. Swissinfo reports that the fear is that …
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