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By mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) of residual municipal solid waste the behaviour of landfills can be significantly improved. After MBT the organic content (COD and BOD5), total organic carbon, and total nitrogen in the leachate, as well as the gas production rate, are reduced to values lower than 90% of the fresh untreated waste. The volume of the stabilized material to be disposed on landfills decreases enormously, by up to 70%. The monitoring effort for a landfill constructed under these conditions is reduced to a minimum and the stabilized material can be used in other ways, as material for reforestation, for cover material or for thermal utilization to produce energy. Environmental conditions are important in MBT, as well as waste characteristics. This paper describes the results of a pilot project of MBT performed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The results have shown that this technology can be used successfully in developing countries, with economy for the society and important results for the environment. 相似文献
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Sales of electrical and electronic equipment are increasing dramatically in developing countries. Usually, there are no reliable data about quantities of the waste generated. A new law for solid waste management was enacted in Brazil in 2010, and the infrastructure to treat this waste must be planned, considering the volumes of the different types of electrical and electronic equipment generated.This paper reviews the literature regarding estimation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), focusing on developing countries, particularly in Latin America. It briefly describes the current WEEE system in Brazil and presents an updated estimate of generation of WEEE. Considering the limited available data in Brazil, a model for WEEE generation estimation is proposed in which different methods are used for mature and non-mature market products.The results showed that the most important variable is the equipment lifetime, which requires a thorough understanding of consumer behavior to estimate. Since Brazil is a rapidly expanding market, the “boom” in waste generation is still to come. In the near future, better data will provide more reliable estimation of waste generation and a clearer interpretation of the lifetime variable throughout the years. 相似文献
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In Brazil most Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D waste) is not recycled. This situation is expected to change significantly, since new federal regulations oblige municipalities to create and implement sustainable C&D waste management plans which assign an important role to recycling activities. The recycling organizational network and its flows and components are fundamental to C&D waste recycling feasibility. Organizational networks, flows and components involve reverse logistics. The aim of this work is to introduce the concepts of reverse logistics and reverse distribution channel networks and to study the Brazilian C&D waste case. 相似文献
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This paper examines potential changes in solid waste policies for the reduction in GHG for the country of Brazil and one of its major states and cities, Rio de Janeiro, from 2005 to 2030. To examine these policy options, trends in solid waste quantities and associated GHG emissions are derived. Three alternative policy scenarios are evaluated in terms of effectiveness, technology, and economics and conclusions posited regarding optimal strategies for Brazil to implement. These scenarios are been building on the guidelines for national inventories of GHG emissions (IPCC, 2006) and adapted to Brazilian states and municipalities’ boundaries. Based on the results, it is possible to say that the potential revenue from products of solid waste management is more than sufficient to transform the current scenario in this country into one of financial and environmental gains, where the negative impacts of climate change have created a huge opportunity to expand infrastructure for waste management. 相似文献
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Over the past decade the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states have partnered in developing a web-based
information sharing initiative that provides state environmental agencies easy access to federal environmental monitoring
data and to the environmental data of other states, and gives the EPA access to data from state sources. The Environmental
Information Exchange Network (EIEN) has established basic data exchange nodes in each of the states. Using multiple regression
analysis we investigate the factors that account for the number and development stage of the data exchanges in which the states
participate as of 2009. Overall, we find that administrative factors, especially the EPA’s grant program, are more important
than political or environmental conditions. Participation in the exchanges is important not only as a way to reduce costs
for data reporting and communication, but also as a precursor to greater eventual interstate environmental collaboration.
Though clear evidence of a transition to collaboration is not yet seen here, there are some indications it may emerge in time. 相似文献
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Van Metre PC Majewski MS Mahler BJ Foreman WT Braun CL Wilson JT Burbank TL 《Chemosphere》2012,86(1):1-7
The effects of the herbicide atrazine on the gill of the freshwater fish Prochilodus lineatus were evaluated after exposure of fish to 2, 10 and 25 μg L−1 atrazine during 48 h (acute exposure) and 14 d (subchronic exposure). Ions and osmolality were measured in plasma and gill samples were taken to determine the Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) and carbonic anhydrase (CA) activities and for morphological analysis. Plasma osmolality and Na+ and Cl− ions changed depending on atrazine concentration, but atrazine exposure had no effect on the Na+/Cl− ratio. NKA activity did not change after atrazine exposure, but CA activity decreased in fish exposed to 25 μg L−1 for 14 d. Gill MRC density decreased after acute exposure but did not change in fish exposed to the subchronic treatment. The MRC density at the epithelial surface increased in fish exposed to 25 μg L−1, and the MRC fractional area (MRCFA) increased in fish exposed to 10 μg L−1. The changes in MRCs provide evidence of morphological adjustments to maintain ionic homeostasis in spite of the inhibition of CA activity at the highest atrazine concentration. 相似文献
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There are very few construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling centres in Brazil. To encourage the building and operation of new units, data were collected and analysed relating to C&D waste management and recycling in Brazil. Based on the results of this analysis, a conceptual model is presented for conducting viability studies of future C&D waste recycling centres. Applying this model to verify the viability of private recycling centres, the results show that under current market conditions in Brazil, C&D waste recycling centres are not financially feasible based solely on revenue from the sale of processed products. Nevertheless, under the same market conditions, the recycling centres could be economically viable for public authorities depending on the particular circumstances of each municipality. The feasibility, however, depends on continuity and the production volume reached. The conceptual model, the results of its applications and the discussions about the experiences of existing centres can strongly support public authorities and private initiatives in their decision-making about investments in Brazil and in other developing countries. 相似文献
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Bettina Mahler Viviana A. Confalonieri Irby J. Lovette Juan C. Reboreda 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(7):1193-1199
For avian brood parasites in which individual females are host-specialists, the arms race between hosts and parasites has
favored egg color polymorphism in the parasite, with female lineages laying mimetic eggs that resemble those of the host species
they parasitize. Female sex-linked inheritance of egg color fosters evolutionary stability of egg polymorphism if female lineages
show both consistent eggshell color and host use. This co-evolutionary relationship is unlikely to occur if individual brood
parasites use different hosts or if egg color is not maternally inherited. The shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) is an extreme generalist brood parasite that shows a very high degree of egg polymorphism. We tested whether egg spotting
in this species has female sex-linked inheritance. If genetic factors controlling the expression of egg spotting were present
on the female-specific W chromosome, we expected co-segregation between spotting patterns and mtDNA haplotypes, as both W
and mtDNA are maternally inherited. In contrast to the known maternal inheritance of spotting patterns in great tits, we found
no associations between eggshell spotting and mtDNA haplotypes, which suggests that eggshell spotting is not maternally inherited
in this cowbird species. 相似文献