Tag Archives: Curiosidades

Dow Jones reports that the world‘‘s energy industry has never been keener to tap the commercial potential of natural gas. But some nations are wasting more gas than ever before as producers burn it off straight into the atmosphere. A World Bank-financed study released this month found the industry burned …

The recycling system for disused vehicles is not working properly in Finland. Many of the cars that are scrapped have not had hazardous materials properly dealt with before being recycled. Helsingin Sanomat reports that the normal handling involves removal of the car battery, as well as oil and fuel, after …

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are stepping up efforts to recycle plastic containers amid a growing backlash against the sale of bottled water in the US and the UK. MSBN reports that authorities including San Francisco‘‘s city government and the UK‘‘s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, have recently raised …

The McGill Daily reports that with the environment in disarray, the Quebec government is exploring the merits of a provincial tax that will undoubtedly reduce our waste, yet hit consumers where it hurts most: their wallets. Targeting the extravagant use of plastic bags and hoping to motivate the public to …

The results of a comparative evaluation of the track record of more than 300 waste processes from more than 25 countries has been announced by consultants Juniper. They found widely varying performance in key parameters, that affect the ‘deliverability’ and ‘bankability’ of AD, plasma, MBT, gasification and incineration processes. The …

TI Verde: como reduzir gasto de energia e resíduos em PCs? Fonte: Computer World Brasil – Em 2006 foram vendidos cerca de 6 milhões de desktops no Brasil, segundo a empresa de consultoria International Data Corporation (IDC). O país ocupa, hoje, a terceira posição no mundo em unidades vendidas. Grandes …

Quanto o País ganha ao reciclar o lixo O lixo é uma fonte de riquezas. As indústrias de reciclagem produzem papéis, folhas de alumínio, lâminas de borracha, fibras e energia elétrica gerada por combustão. A indústria da reciclagem não pára de crescer. No Brasil, a cada ano, são desperdiçados R$ …

city-based entrepreneur has successfully developed a biomass-run generator as a major step towards promoting renewable sources of energy. The generator developer, Rajesh Garg, told NewsPost India ‘‘We have designed, developed and made operational a power generating set run on 100 percent biogas and industrial waste gas-based engines. We have also …

Vivemos em um mundo onde todos os recursos naturais diminuem a cada dia, contudo o lixo aumenta. Pensando nisto, pessoas, governos, empresas, etc., estão preocupadas em desenvolver técnicas para minimizar este efeito drástico, tentando evitar que nosso planeta se transforme em um monte de detritos e imundície. Uma dessas técnicas …

Jaoan for Sustainability (JfS) reports that the Aomori Ecological Recycle Industrial Association in Japan started manufacturing a road de-icing agent that employs large amounts of scallop shells generated as a seafood processing by-product in Aomori Prefecture. It started production in March 2007 and plans to process 6,000 tons of scallop …