Urban centers have a huge demand for electricity and the growing problem of the solid waste management generated by their population, a relevant social and administrative problem. The correct disposal of the municipal solid ...

Urban centers have a huge demand for electricity and the growing problem of the solid waste management generated by their population, a relevant social and administrative problem. The correct disposal of the municipal solid ...

Approximately one million people die each year in the world because of chemical contamination caused by solid waste disposal. From 1991 to 2000, the amount of solid waste produced in the world was 0.68 billion tons, from ...

The Brazilian National Solid Waste Policy has been implemented with some difficulty, especially in convincing the different actors of society about the importance of conscious awareness among every citizen and businesses ...

The investigation deals with the problem of solid waste disposal, in the commercial center of Alecrim - Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. In most Brazilian cities, a significant portion of the population is poorly informed and ...

This work analyses the recuperation of the energy of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) through the incineration process. It considers the up to date tendency of segregation (separation) of plastic, paper and cardboard, glass and ...