El encuentro pretende analizar el explosivo crecimiento de la población urbana en los tres últimos decenios que se traduce en un empeoramiento de las condiciones de salubridad, especialmente en los populosos barrios periféricos de las ciudades y en las olvidadas regiones del campo. Esta realidad se manifiesta mediante epidemias que …
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Man lives in rubbish dump for 10 years Staff at a rubbish dump in Berlin have discovered a man who has been living there for 10 years. The man, named only as Harald H, was 41 when he dug out his hideaway. It was 3ft high and contained a mattress, …
Mais »Man lives in rubbish dump for 10 years
Man lives in rubbish dump for 10 years Staff at a rubbish dump in Berlin have discovered a man who has been living there for 10 years. The man, named only as Harald H, was 41 when he dug out his hideaway. It was 3ft high and contained a mattress, …
Mais »Lacres de latinha não tem valor comercial
Uma lenda urbana atingiu o mercado de reciclagem no Brasil e já chegou à internet. Trata-se do boato de que os lacres das latas de alumínio teriam um alto valor comercial (até R$ 200 uma garrafa de plástico de dois litros cheia), fazendo muita gente juntar quilos de lacres com …
Mais »Lacres de latinha não tem valor comercial
Uma lenda urbana atingiu o mercado de reciclagem no Brasil e já chegou à internet. Trata-se do boato de que os lacres das latas de alumínio teriam um alto valor comercial (até R$ 200 uma garrafa de plástico de dois litros cheia), fazendo muita gente juntar quilos de lacres com …
Mais »II Curso sobre Recomposição de Areas Degradadas: uma experiência de voluntariado na laguna de Itaipu
O curso aborda introdutoriamente uma descrição dos Ecossistemas Manguezais, descreve a caracterização física da laguna
Mais »US$1 bn tyre recycling plant for Brunei
A billion-dollar tyre recycling plant is going to be established in Brunei over a period of five years through the joint efforts of Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) and ACI Corporation Ltd. The Borneo Bulletin reports that the project is at an estimated cost of US$1.82 billion and once completed, …
Mais »New York, USA – website lays waste to garbage
Good to see that some waste exchanges can work well – take a look at the website [www.wastematch.org] if you fancy setting up your own operation. NYNewsday.com reports that Mike Steffens needed 1,200 plastic tubs and knew they could be hard to get. But just by doing some research on …
Mais »Road recycling project – environmental and economic benefits
The first “green” main road in the Dudley borough (near Birmingham, UK) is being created through a pioneering scheme which will use material recycled from old road surfaces. The Dudley Express & Star reports that Dudley Council in partnership with Wrekin Construction is building an additional lane on the Dudley …
Mais »Recycling bins dupe visitors, say employees
Here is an example of stories heard often, but seldom substantiated – that the public work hard to sort recyclables, only to have them unsorted and landfilled. This from Missoulian.com in Montana, USA. Along the deep blue shores of Glacier Park’s signature lake, inside each and every room at the …
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