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Nowadays, there are already many glass manufacturing industries working solely with recovered material. For each 1,000 kg of shattered glass used in the process 1,200 kg of raw material is saved; for each 10% of shattered glass burnt in ovens, 2 to 5 % of energy is saved and gaseous …

In Brazil, Goodyear do Brasil, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA) has developed a research about the recovery of used-up tires. Among the methodologies adopted from the American central is the use of tires to fuel cement kilns ovens, which has had very …

Car companies such as Mercedes, MBW and FIAT are developing vehicles whose parts and components can be entirely recovered. There is already a plant in Leer, Germany, built with the support of Volkswagen and Bayer, which dedicates exclusively to disassembling and recovering auto parts that are no longer useful. This …

Aluminum is produced through the electrolysis of alumina, obtained from bauxite ore. Approximately, 4 tons of bauxite are necessary to produce 1 ton of aluminum, which is enough to produce 60 thousand cans of 33cl. Aluminum production demands large amounts of energy: to obtain 1 ton, you need about 16 …

Northwest Quality Innovations, an American corporation specialized in novelties, manufactured shoes named “DejaShoes-footwear with a past and a future” utilizing old tires for the soles, recovered polypropylene for the upper half and recycled steel for the eyelets. The shoes’ final cost was US$ 59,00 and they were made with Nike …

A German study concluded that if plastic containers were banned from the market, domestic waste would weigh 404% more, energy consumption would be 212% higher, and the cost of containers would go up 212%. Germany’s Ministry of Environment published new statistics showing that atmospheric and liquid emissions are smaller with …

São Paulo: In some years, solid waste might no longer have the same destination of the wastes produced by the food industry and agriculture. The waste, rich in proteins, might be transformed into solution for medical and nourishing purposes. This is what thinks Professor Raquel Camargo Giordano from Universidade Federal …

The rate at which liquids pass through soil or other materials in a specified direction. Source: World Bank

A group of human-made chemicals composed of carbon and fluorine only: CF4 and C2F6. These chemicals, specifically CF4 and C2F6, (along with hydrofluorocarbons) were introduced as alternatives to the ozone depleting substances. In addition, they are emitte

A powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of 320. Major sources of nitrous oxide include soil cultivation practices, especially the use of commercial and organic fertilizers, fossil fuel combustion, nitric acid production, and biomass burn