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Author: Ronaldo Martire
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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overview of Municipal Solid Waste in Brazil | Ronaldo Martire | Grupo Combustol & Metalpó | Dec 2009 |
Brazil, the third largest territory in the Americas and the fifth largest in the world, with nearly 200 million people, has suffered with the environmental problems generated by the traditional model of dumping their waste in landfills. That process unfortunately, turns worse by the inhabitants practices of simply throwing the waste away on areas without any control or care, constituting the so-called "lixões" (slang meaning “big garbage” in Portuguese language). |
