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Os ensaios estruturais para prever o desempenho demonstraram que o sistema construtivo com garrafas plásticas é tecnicamente viável para a construção de habitações Uma pesquisa desenvolvida no Laboratório de Sistemas Construtivos (Labsisco), da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), resultou no desenvolvimento de painéis modulares feitos com garrafas de politereftalato …

The Daily Star in Lebanon reports that rural and small communities can now manage their solid waste management problems by using an environmentally friendly composting system with proven viable results. Improper disposal of domestic solid wastes, especially in rural areas, is one of the leading causes of environmental degradation in …

Intellect‘‘s Consumer Electronics Council has joined the British Retail Consortium, retailers and the Government to work on the details of an initiative to phase out energy-intensive consumer electronics products that cost consumers and the environment dearly, Minister for Climate Change Joan Ruddock said. The manufacturers‘‘ organisation, Intellect, has joined the …

As the new recycling bins start to rumble into dense downtown streets, the city has authorized a trial project to allow households to make alternate use of the same bin for garbage and recycling. The Toronto Star reports that the city‘‘s plan is to deliver a new blue bin, with …

Household rubbish from millions of British homes is to be used as a cheap and “green” fuel to power family cars, the world‘‘s biggest car-maker has announced, according to the Daily Mail General Motors, which owns Britain‘‘s Vauxhall as well as Sweden‘‘s Saab, is backing a new system to create …

As Nações Unidas estão trabalhando em um projeto para obterem um acordo mundial sobre o descarte correto de celulares, aparelhos que usam metais pesados. O plano pode ter impacto sobre os custos de produção dos telefones. A ONU, a indústria da reciclagem, os fabricantes de celulares e as operadoras de …

Bike Off Co., a Japanese motorcycle dealer, opened a website called “Ecochari.com” on October 1, 2007, to start its free bicycle rental service for college students, making use of illegally parked or abandoned bicycles that are removed from various places. Japan for Sustainability reports that the costs for removing and …

Mais de 100 milhões de aparelhos celulares são descartados anualmente no mundo. Desse volume, porém, apenas uma pequena porção é reciclada. Com valor médio de US$ 0,63 em ouro por circuito, o total de celulares descartados por ano renderia, apenas na recuperação desse metal, US$ 63 milhões (não considerando o …

The Naples garbage crisis has not only spilled into surrounding areas and other Italian cities, it has managed to make it into Germany. However, the garbage has been officially received, albeit grudgingly. Deutsche Welle report that Germany has stepped in to help resolve the Naples rubbish crisis by accepting 30,000 …

A empresa inglesa Envirofone.com tem uma proposta interessante para proprietários de celulares que querem trocar seus aparelhos. Em vez de descartá-los ou jogá-los no lixo, os usuários que querem se modernizar podem vender seus antigos celulares por um preço camarada ao site, que tem como proposta recondicionar o aparelho e …