The eutrophication of reservoirs favors the emergence of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in their waters, which are commonly used to irrigate agricultural crops. This has generated concern, due to the potential for bioaccumulation ...

The mangrove is a coastal, intertropical ecosystem typical of the low areas of the rivers to the boundary of transition between land and sea. The trees are halophytes, diversifying between tree and shrub species, adapted ...

The study aimed to analyze the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on healthcare waste (HCW) from the perspective of nursing professionals at the Alcides Carneiro University Hospital of the Federal University of Campina ...

The water scarcity experienced in various parts of the planet demands the rapid development of new technologies aimed at preserving this resource. As a tool to combat waste, consumption measurement is an excellent tool, ...

The events of redelimitation, reclassification and extinction of protected areas, which also originate from acts of Public Power, and are known as PADDD, intensified at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The ...

Currently, 1.4 billion tons of solid waste are produced in the world per year. According to the UN 10 years from now it will be 2.2 billion tons. Waste management is expensive, around 20% to 50% of municipal budgets. In ...

The concept of water security goes far beyond of water availability. That means, according to UN (United Nations), the sustainable access to safe water, in adequate quantities to the maintenance of livelihoods, human ...

Composting is a technique used for recycling organic material by aerobic, controlled decomposition, with the objective of obtaining a stable, sanitized product, rich in humic compounds and whose use in the soil does not ...

The Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) presents itself as a challenging and complex job for hospital units, mainly because of the various waste generated and handled by different professionals. The research aimed to ...

The desalination of brackish groundwater is, in many locations in the semi-arid region, the only solution for water supply. However, the reverse osmosis membrane desalination process produces a polluting waste that is ...