Tag Archives: Curiosidades

In the USA, Monroe County officials are developing a plan with High Falls Brewery Co. to turn beer waste into ethanol and produce enough of it to power much of the county‘‘s fleet of vehicles. If all goes well, the county hopes to have extra available to offer ethanol-based fuel …

The ends of carrots from salads, food scraps from vegetables in tacos, coffee grounds, soggy lettuce, and beets and peas from the residence hall food service all have a new life under a programme by a collaboration of departments at Chico State University, Caifornia, according to a report in the …

Environment Canada (a major Government agency) has released the Canadian Consumer Battery Baseline Study, which reveals that the annual number of consumer batteries discarded is increasing dramatically, releasing a growing amount of dangerous substances into land and water. The Study provides the first national estimates of the amount of heavy …

The City of Toronto is preparing to introduce a new garbage tax that would apply equally to every property in the city, regardless of its assessed value. The Toronto The Globe and Mail reports that although not designed to raise new revenue, the waste-disposal levy will radically alter the way …

O lobby pela regulamentação da importação de resíduos sólidos vem também de fora do país. A União Européia tem interesse em se desfazer de seus pneus usados, já que uma lei proíbe que eles sejam depositados em aterros sanitários. E está usando a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para pressionar …

FST‘‘s SMaRT (Socially Minded and Responsible Trading) has been granted planning permission from Salford City Council to develop the UK‘‘s first Approved Treatment Centre for End-of-Life-Vehicles (ELV) run by a not-for-profit organisation. The facility will be in Salford and will not only dispose of ELV in an environmentally safe way, …

This report from BBC Online (by John Andrew, BBC local government correspondent) reports that councils in England could soon be allowed to charge residents for the amount of rubbish they throw away. But what effect have “pay as you throw” systems had in other countries? When I visited the Flanders …

Accelerated building in Israel in recent years has brought in its wake a significant increase in C&D waste. Out of some 7.5 tons of C&D waste that are generated in Israel each year (140% more than the total quantity of household waste generated each year), only about one million tons, …

Até matar mosquito passou a ser crime: erro ou brincadeira! Luciano Pizzatto (*) Esperei alguns meses da publicação da IN 109/06, em 04/08/2006 pelo IBAMA, na esperança de ver corrigido texto tão equivocado, que com certeza não pode estar afirmando o que está escrito, mas que de fato tenta transformar …

Todos temos ouvido falar muito que o lixo é um problema. Mas ao cidadão comum parece o problema do lixo só quando ele começa a incomodar ou existe quando há interrupção na coleta do lixo e os lixeiros deixam de passar na sua porta. É de arrepiar, não é verdade? …