As dimensões dos valores e da participação política em projetos de professoras: abordagens sobre os resíduos sólidos

Este trabalho aborda elementos relativos às dimensões dos valores e da participação política, desenvolvidos por professoras, quando da elaboração de projetos temáticos sobre resíduos sólidos. A análise representa um momento da investigação dos processos de educação continuada de professoras de séries iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, de São Carlos, SP, ao aprender e ensinar conteúdos relativos à temática ambiental, com foco nos resíduos sólidos. Apontamos na discussão dos dados que as professoras freqüentemente não reconhecem os limites da dimensão dos conhecimentos, o que provavelmente dificulta a percepção das possibilidades de desenvolvimento do trabalho com as dimensões dos valores éticos e da participação política. Analisamos, para estas dimensões, alguns aspectos que se destacaram na pesquisa realizada.

Residues of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in some Brazilian municipal solid waste compost

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), listed as per the Stockholm Convention (α -HCH, β -HCH, γ -HCH, p,p′-DDT, o,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDD, p,p′-DDE, aldrin, endrin, dieldrin, PCBs 28, 52, 118, 138, 153, and 180), were analyzed in municipal solid waste (MSW) compost samples from three different Brazilian composting plants located in three São Paulo State cities: Araras, Araraquara and São Paulo (Vila Leopoldinha). Quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out using gas chromatography electron capture detection (GC-ECD) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) (Ion Trap, electron impact ionization), respectively. The samples were analyzed in triplicate and the target POPs were not detected by GC-ECD. Twelve pollutants were identified in two samples when qualitative analysis (GC-MS) was used (β -HCH, γ -HCH, p,p′-DDT, o,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDD, and p,p′-DDE, PCBs 28, 118, 138, 153 and 180). The composting process has advantages such as urban solid waste reduction and landfill life-span increase, however the MSW compost quality, which can be utilized for agricultural purposes, should be evaluated and be controlled. This kind of study is the first step in making available information to answer questions regarding MSW compost for sustainable agricultural use, such as the pollutants accumulation in soil and in groundwater, and plants uptake. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Influencia de la separación de residuos sólidos urbanos para reciclaje en el proceso de incineración con generación de energía

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 metals and their influence in the fluxes of mass and energy in the incineration system of MSW. For its development was used information related to the generation of MSW in Bauru city and the Combust software. The results so obtained allowed the estimation of the Caloric power of the typical MSW and also of this residue when one considers the separations of paper/cardboard and plastic for recycling.

Geo-environmental investigation: A brief review and a few suggestions for brazilian contaminated sites

This paper presents a brief review about site investigation procedures for contaminated sites recommended by Brazilian and Canadian environmental agencies as well as discusses the theme of geo-environmental investigation as applied to Brazilian practice. The main definitions on the theme are reviewed and some guidelines are proposed for conducting a geo-environmental investigation of Brazilian contaminated sites using different site and laboratory investigation techniques based on the presented review and on the experience obtained from the investigation of a solid waste disposal site in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Analysis of hybrid waste-to-energy for medium-sized cities

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 waste (MSW) generated in cities is one of the most complex engineering problems that involves logistics, safety, environmental and energetic aspects for its adequate management. Due to a national policy of solid wastes recently promulgated, Brazilian cities are evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of incinerating the non-recyclable waste. São José dos Campos, a São Paulo State industrialized city, is considering the composting of organic waste for biogas production and mass incineration of non-recyclable waste. This paper presents a waste-to-energy system based on the integration of gas turbines to a MSW incinerator for producing thermal and electric energy as an alternative solution for the solid waste disposal in São José dos Campos, SP. A technical and economic feasibility study for the hybrid combined cycle plant is presented and revealed to be attractive when carbon credit and waste tax are included in the project income. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

Composition and quantification of the anthropogenic and natural fractions of wastes collected from the stormwater drainage system for discussions about the waste management and people behavior

A study was made of the composition of wastes collected from the pipes of the stormwater drainage system of Sorocaba, SP, Brazil (600 thousand inhabitants). A total of 10 samples weighing at least 100 kg each were sorted into 19 items to determine the fraction that can be considered natural (earth/sand, stones, organic matter, and water, the latter determined after oven-drying the samples) and the anthropogenic fraction (the remaining 15 items, especially construction and demolition wastes and packaging). Soil/sand was found to be the main item collected (52.5 % dry weight), followed by the water soaked into the waste (24.3 %), which meant that all the other wastes were saturated in mud, whose contents varied from 6.4 % (glass) to 87.2 % (metalized plastics packaging). In general, 83 % of the collected wastes can be classified as natural, but the remaining 17 % represent 2,000 kg of the most varied types of wastes discarded improperly every day on the streets of the city. This is an alarming amount of wastes that may clog parts of the drainage systems, causing troubles for all the population (like flooding) and must be strongly considered in municipal solid wastes management and in environmental education programs. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Viabilidade energética e econômica da incineração de resíduo sólido urbano considerando a segregação para reciclagem

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caracterização detalhada dos resíduos sólidos domiciliares de Sorocaba visando melhorias do sistema de coleta seletiva

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Civil e Ambiental - FEB

Caracterização e avaliação da potencialidade econômica da coleta seletiva e reciclagem dos resíduos sólidos domiciliares gerados nos municípios de Belém e Ananindeua - PA

Estudo da caracterização física dos resíduos sólidos domiciliares dos municípios de Belém e Ananindeua da Região Metropolitana de Belém, relacionada com a situação socioeconômica, sua evolução temporal, sua potencialidade de reciclagem e com a redução de custos com a limpeza urbana. Inicialmente, foram identificados os roteiros de coleta praticados em cada um dos setores a serem amostrados. Em seguida, iniciou-se a caracterização no Complexo de Destino Final do Aurá onde as amostras dos roteiros selecionados foram analisadas. Após processo de homogeneização, foi retirado um metro cúbico de resíduos sólidos das viagens de cada roteiro, onde, realizou-se a caracterização e seleção dos componentes dos resíduos. Ao final desta etapa, os resultados obtidos foram tratados estatisticamente, tendo os seguintes valores médios para os municípios de Belém e Ananindeua, respectivamente: Peso Específico Aparente Úmido 202,03 e 180,09 kg/m; plástico 14,98 % e 16,27 %; papel e papelão 17,06 % e 17,36 %; metais 2,64 % e 3,87 %; vidro 1,52 % e 2,96 %; matéria orgânica putrescível (compostável) 45,89 % e 42,34 %; e outros 17,91 % e 17,20 %. Os resultados obtidos chamam atenção especialmente na variação do Peso Específico Aparente Úmido, sendo o de Ananindeua de menor valor em função do maior teor de plásticos, vidros e metais; e de um menor teor de matéria orgânica. Essas diferenças basicamente se devem a dois fatores que são: Ananindeua é cidade dormitório de Belém e em Belém a coleta seletiva é mais eficiente devido a existência de uma cooperativa de catadores incentivada pelo poder público. Os valores mensais agregados somente com a reciclagem são: Belém (lr = 100 %) R$ 11.089.740,90; Belém (Ir = média brasileira) R$ 3.256.155,60; Ananindeua (Ir = 100 %) R$ 2.228.510,40; Ananindeua (Ir = média brasileira) R$ 1.160.136,90. Valores Totais com a Reciclagem sem Coleta Seletiva pelo poder público são: Belém (Ir =100 %) R$ 1.080.547,50; Belém (Ir = média brasileira) R$ 402.165,60; Ananindeua (Ir = 100 %) R$ 532.353,60; Ananindeua (Ir= média brasileira) R$ 125.676,00. Os resultados alcançados satisfazem o objetivo deste trabalho, traçando, dessa forma, o perfil de produção dos resíduos sólidos dos municípios de Belém e Ananindeua com os valores agregados pela reciclagem, no ano de 2006.

Usina de geração distribuída de energia elétrica através da incineração de resíduos sólidos com operação ilhada

O trabalho em questão apresenta uma proposta do suprimento de energia elétrica de um alimentador de distribuição pela operação isolada de uma usina geradora de energia elétrica que utiliza como fonte primária a energia calorífica da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos. O suprimento proposto é sugerido após a constatação do esgotamento da capacidade da subestação supridora desse alimentador. O esgotamento é verificado a partir de simulações realizadas no sistema de distribuição real da Rede Celpa, localizado na região Nordeste do Estado do Pará, o qual atende os municípios Santa Izabel do Pará, Santo Antonio do Tauá, Colares, Vigia e São Caetano de Odivelas. Nas simulações é utilizado um programa de fluxo de carga desenvolvido especificamente para os sistemas radias de distribuição e da subtransmissão. A proposta de suprimento via geração de energia elétrica através da incineração dos resíduos sólidos urbanos se dá a partir do confronto entre as alternativas de expansão (a alternativa técnica normalmente praticada pela concessionária) e a alternativa técnica-econômica-ambiental sugerida neste trabalho que demonstra as vantagens econômicas, sociais e ambientais da proposta.

Risk of Leaching in Soils Amended by Compost and digestate from Municipal Solid Waste

New European directives have proposed the direct application of compost and digestate produced from municipal solid wastes as organic matter sources in agricultural soils. Therefore information about phosphorus leaching from these residues when they are applied to the soil is increasingly mportant. Leaching experiments were conducted to determine the P mobility in compost and digestate mixtures, supplying equivalent amounts to 100 kg P ha?1 to three different types of soils. The tests were performed in accordance with CEN/TS 14405:2004 analyzing the maximum dissolved reactive P and the kinetic rate in the leachate. P biowaste fractionation indicated that digestate has a higher level of available P than compost has. In contrast, P losses in leaching experiments with soil-compost mixtureswere higher than in soil-digestate mixtures. For bothwastes, therewas no correlation between disolved reactive P lost and the water soluble P.The interaction between soil and waste, the long experimentation time, and the volume of leachate obtained caused the waste?s wettability to become an influential parameter in P leaching behavior. The overall conclusion is that kinetic data analysis provides valuable information concerning the sorption mechanism that can be used for predicting the large-scale behavior of soil systems.

Public meeting of the Resource Conservation Committee on solid waste product charge issue, November 17, 1977, Washington, D.C. : transcript /

These proceedings (SW30p)--are reproduced ... as transcribed by the official reporter, with handwritten corrections by the Office of Solid Wastes.

1968 national survey of community solid waste practices; preliminary data analysis [by] Anton J. Muhich, Albert J. Klee [and] Paul W. Britton.

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Production of bioplastics from hydrolysates of paper industry by Haloferax mediterranei

The biorefinery concept has attracted much attention over the last decade due to increasing concerns about the use of fossil resources. In this context emerged the use of bioplastics, namely polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). PHA are biocompatible and biodegradable plastics that can be obtained from renewable raw materials and can constitute an alternative solution to conventional plastics. In this work, hydrolysed cellulose pulp, coming from Eucalyptus globulus wood cooking, was used as substrate to the PHA-storing bacteria Haloferax mediterranei. The hydrolysed pulp is rich in simple sugars, mainly glucose (81.96 g.L-1) and xylose (20.90 g.L-1). Tests were made in defined medium with glucose and xylose and in hydrolysate supplemented with salts and yeast extract. Different concentrations of glucose were tested, namely 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 g.L-1. The best accumulation results (27.1 % of PHA) were obtained in hydrolysate medium with 10 g.L-1. Using this concentration, assays were performed in fed-batch and sequencing batch reactor conditions in order to determine the best feeding strategy. The strategy that led to the best results was fed-batch assay with 24.7 % of PHA. An assay without sterile conditions was performed, in which was obtained the same growth than in sterilization test. Finally it was performed an assay in a bioreactor and a fast growth (0.14 h-1) with high glucose and xylose consumption rates (0.368 g.L-1.h-1 and 0.0947 g.L-1.h-1, respectively) were obtained. However 1.50 g.L-1 of PHA, corresponding to 16.1 % (92.52 % of 3HB and 3HV of 7.48 %) of % PHA were observed. The polymer was further characterized by DSC with a glass transition temperature of -6.07 °C, a melting temperature of 156.3 °C and a melting enthalpy of 63.07 J.g-1, values that are in accordance with the literature. This work recognizes for the first time the suitability of the pulp paper hydrolysate as a substrate for PHA production by H. mediterranei.

Evaluation of solid residues removed from a mangrove swamp in the Sao Vicente Estuary, SP, Brazil

Mangrove swamps are found in estuaries along the coastal plains of tropical regions and have be subjected to heavy occupation and use pressure due to their privileged locations and abundance of biological resources. The present work evaluated the ecological characteristics and solid wastes accumulated in eight areas along the Santos - Sao Vicente Estuary Complex. The superficially deposited residues at each sampling site were collected and subsequently washed, drained, counted, weighed and separated into classes according to their composition and predominant use. The predominant litter type in terms of density was plastic (62.81%) and, by weight, wood (55.53%). The greatest deposition of residues was associated with areas that were less inclined and that had low plant density levels, indicating that the presence of obstacles was not critical for retaining floating residues in mangrove areas. The presence of the most frequently encountered types of solid waste residues could be explained by local activities. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.