ABSTRACT: From 2010 on, with the approval of the National Policy for Basic Sanitation and the National Policy for Solid Waste, the topic of solid waste has gained visibility and has been widely discussed. However, one can see that, in most Brazilian municipalities, urban solid waste management has been very far from reaching satisfying results. This paper assesses the […]
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Gravimetric Analysis as an Environmental Education Tool at the Polytechnic School of the University of Pernambuco
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to map, quantify, and characterize the solid waste generated by the Polytechnic School of the University of Pernambuco (POLI/UPE), and use the data to raise the academic community awareness as to its social and environmental role. Initially, the school infrastructure for waste collection was mapped and two gravimetric analysis tests were conducted […]