Tag Archives: Curiosidades

Uma empresa sueca inventou um novo tipo de material que é parte giz, parte plástico. A mistura produz uma embalagem leve, não nociva ao meio ambiente e com um atrativo extra – quando queimada, neutraliza os vapores de ácido gerados pelos incineradores de lixo. A empresa tem o apoio de …

A gigante da telefonia móvel T-mobile está doando telefones celulares para dar o pontapé inicial ao plano de reutilização de celulares, que tem sua base em Southwark (Londres). Ela também anunciou seu compromisso em ajudar a campanha a recolher mais telefones celulares através de propaganda em jornal, e através de …

Wanda Alves routinely sorts her household trash, putting plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, and metal in recycling bins provided by the city of Brockton. Once a week, she crams everything else into one, 32-gallon bag – to avoid paying an extra US$1 for a second bag. The Boston Globe reports that …

Wanda Alves routinely sorts her household trash, putting plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, and metal in recycling bins provided by the city of Brockton. Once a week, she crams everything else into one, 32-gallon bag – to avoid paying an extra US$1 for a second bag. The Boston Globe reports that …

The Government of Canada has congratulated EPS Canada and the Canadian electronics industry for its initiative to design, implement and finance a nation-wide programme to recover, re-use and recycle post-consumer electronics in an environmentally sound manner. Leading companies within the Canadian electronic industry sector have announced a nation-wide-recycling programme for …

A Swedish firm has invented a new type of material that is half chalk, half plastic. The mixture makes lightweight, ecofriendly packaging with an extra twist – when burnt, it neutralises the acid fumes generated by waste incinerators. The company has the backing of Hans Rausing, the Swedish former carton …

In the US state of Wisconsin, the Barron County Board of Supervisors wants the state Natural Resources Board to reconsider its classification of the county’s waste-to-energy incinerator at Almena. The reason is to save around US$7,000 pa in licensing fees. The Barron News Shield reports that when the county built …

In Tampa, Florida, suggestions about reducing kerbside rubbish collections are considered fighting words. But in Austin, Texas, converting from twice-weekly collection to a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) programme has succeeded in its goal of diverting waste from the landfill and encouraging more recycling. These two examples were cited in Hawaii’s Honolulu Advertiser, …

“Fingi ser gari por 8 anos e vivi como um ser invisível” PLÍNIO DELPHINO Psicólogo varreu as ruas da USP para concluir sua tese de mestrado da “invisibilidade pública”. Ele comprovou que, em geral, as pessoas enxergam apenas a função social do outro. Quem não está bem posicionado sob esse …

CIUDAD DE MEXICO (Reuters) — Una decena de lombrices se retuerce sobre una bandeja de laboratorio mientras un grupo de científicos mexicanos calienta el horno donde los gusanos se convertirán en sabrosas galletas. Aunque poco agraciadas a la vista, las lombrices de tierra — cuyo nombre científico es lumbricus terrestris …