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La Ley 7/2022 impone a los ayuntamientos el establecimiento de una tasa o tarifa que financie el servicio de recogida, transporte y tratamiento de residuos, las cuales habrán de ser específicas, diferenciadas y no deficitarias. La determinación y justificación del importe de las tasas o tarifas deberá plasmarse en un informe económico-financiero que incluya los costes directos e indirectos del servicio, los ingresos que genere y los módulos de reparto del coste neto entre los contribuyentes. Una de las principales novedades es la relativa a la introducción del pago por generación como elemento cuantificador.

As plantas espontâneas podem ocasionar reduções na produtividade dos cultivos agrícolas pela competição por nutrientes, luminosidade e água. A utilização de materiais de cobertura do solo pode auxiliar no controle dessas plantas indesejadas. O objetivo proposto deste estudo foi avaliar a utilização da lã ovina de descarte no controle de espécies espontâneas e na produtividade do repolho. A hipótese formulada foi que solos cobertos com lã ovina apresentam menor quantidade de plantas espontâneas e maior produtividade de repolho em comparação a solos sem cobertura ou cobertos com palha. O experimento foi conduzido durante o outono de 2021 em Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Os materiais de cobertura utilizados nesse estudo apresentaram pequena redução na quantidade de plantas espontâneas em relação ao solo sem cobertura. No entanto, os maiores rendimentos individuais e por área para a cultura do repolho foram alcançados no solo coberto com a lã ovina. A fertilidade oferecida pela lã bem como a retenção da umidade e diminuição da evapotranspiração do solo são apontadas como causas para o aumento da produtividade da cultura.

Este artículo analiza la obra Manual práctico del odio de Ferréz a la vista de algunas teo-rías que abordan aquello relegado a los márgenes. El objetivo es demostrar que en la obra de Ferréz todos los personajes, en su situación de sujetos marginalizados, patenti-zan la condición de residuo humano, siendo tanto víctimas rezagadas del progreso eco-nómico como víctimas de estigmas y diatribas que manifiestan seres jerárquicamente superiores. La pesquisa considera como eje vertebral el concepto de residuos humanos de Zygmunt Bauman, planteamiento que se entrelaza con fuentes secundarias (Butler, Lipovetsky, Lynch, Paugam, Silva-Santisteban, Wacquant) referentes a otras formas y dimensiones de la marginalidad. This article analyzes the work Manual Prático do ódio by Ferréz in the light of some theo-ries that deal with what is relegated to the margins. The aim is to demonstrate that in Ferréz’s work all the characters, in their situation of marginalized subjects, show the condition of human waste, being both lagging victims of economic progress and vic-tims of stigmas and diatribes manifested by hierarchically superior beings. The research considers Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of human waste as its backbone, an approach that is intertwined with secondary sources (Butler, Lipovetsky, Lynch, Paugam, Silva-Santisteban, Wacquant) referring to other forms and dimensions of marginality.

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Military-industrial practices have left widespread contamination affecting land, water, air, and human and nonhuman bodies. This article uses decolonial analysis to examine the racial-colonial foundations that underlie contemporary efforts to reuse former U.S. military land for development projects. Interrelating scholarship on security and development with that of militarization and political ecology, I use "geosocial spectacle" to probe the material and pedagogical governance, frontier logics, and colonial aesthetics that emerge through land remediation and redevelopment. Featuring two military sites within U.S. base closure and realignment—the U.S. Front Range area of Colorado and former U.S. unincorporated territory of the Panama Canal Zone—the article delineates and expounds on two types of U.S. military land conversions: brownfields and biodiversity recreation. The article interrelates the conversion of contaminated land in both cases as waste frontier that facilitates ongoing cycles of land repossession as a form of dispossession and containment or denial of war. The article concludes by advocating for decolonial studies of the global color line entrenched by the U.S. Pentagon's ongoing climate colonialism, to subvert the compartmentalized harms of war and capitalist extraction, and to galvanize explicitly anticolonial, antiracist land reuse and governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Decree-law 3/2024, of February 6th, aims to simplify and rationalize administration in Andalusia in order to improve citizen relations and promote economic activity in the region. Measures will be implemented to improve regulation, transparency, and reduce administrative burdens. Additionally, the digital transformation of the Administration will be sought to streamline procedures and simplify relations with citizens and businesses. The decree also includes modifications in different sectors, such as the environment, environmental management, hunting and fishing, and ports in Andalusia, with the aim of simplifying administrative procedures and expediting processes. [Extracted from the article]

The unbridled growth of industrial fields and civil construction has caused serious environmental impacts, which can be mitigated and repaired with the aim of raising awareness among the population about environmental conservation. Civil construction has a direct influence on natural resources and, therefore, is a subject to be studied to improve the quality of life. Sustainable Construction has been the focus of many studies due to global concern regarding the environment. Cargo containers are a versatile material for use in a variety of applications. Due to their low cost, durability, quick construction, portability and ease of assembly, they are widely used to build post-disaster houses, military operations and conventional homes. These structures are seen as a sustainable architectural alternative, as they are recyclable, but the vast majority end up being discarded in port warehouses even though their useful life has not been exhausted, as sending them back to their place of origin is more expensive than purchasing new ones. a new. The general objective was to describe the efficiency of container housing, with a view to sustainable development. This study was carried out through an integrative review. The results indicate that this construction is fast, clean and sustainable, reducing the amount of construction waste and having less impact on the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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[Objetivo] Estimar el potencial de producción de biocombustibles a partir de la licuefacción hidrotérmica (LHT) de residuos biomásicos en Costa Rica y su respectiva huella de carbono. [Metodología] Se estimó el potencial de generación de residuos de biomasa que pueden ser aprovechados para la producción de biocombustibles, mediante el proceso de LHT, utilizando informes de diferentes instituciones como el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, la Cámara de Avicultores, Acueductos y Alcantarillados, entre otros. Posteriormente, mediante modelos matemáticos que predicen el rendimiento de biocrudo, según el tipo de biomasa utilizado, se estimó el potencial de la posible producción de biocrudo y su respectivo mejoramiento a biodiésel y sus coproductos (biogasolina y biobúnker). Estos datos se compararon con el consumo actual de combustibles en Costa Rica. Por último, se calculó la huella de carbono del proceso de producción de estos biocombustibles utilizando la norma ISO 14067. [Resultados] Se obtuvo que Costa Rica posee, bajo las suposiciones de este estudio, un potencial de producción de biocrudo, biodiésel, biogasolina y biobúnker de 1 383 299 ton/año, 635 788 ton/año, 295 336 ton/año y 70 140 ton/año, respectivamente. Así mismo, se estimó que las huellas de carbono asociadas a la producción de biodiésel, biogasolina y biobúnker son 14,57 gCO2eq/MJ, 13,88 gCO2eq/MJ y 13,33 gCO2eq/MJ, correspondientemente. [Conclusiones] Se concluyó, bajo las suposiciones de este estudio, que en Costa Rica existe un potencial de reemplazo de combustibles fósiles del 71 %, 43 % y 76 % para biodiésel, biogasolina y biobúnker, comparativamente. También, se estimó que, por medio de esta tecnología (LHT) se podría reducir un 18 %, 36 % y 6 % la huella de carbono al utilizar biodiésel, biogasolina y biobúnker, respectivamente, en lugar de sus correspondientes combustibles fósiles.

El Centro internacional de Estudios de Derecho Ambiental (CIEDA-CIEMAT) junto con el Foro de Intercambio de Conocimiento sobre residuos y economía circular (FIREC) tuvieron la satisfacción de registrar un elevado número de inscripciones en los anteriores Seminarios web destinados a estudiar el nuevo Reglamento de envases y residuos de envases, así como la Ley de residuos y suelos contaminados para una economía circular, cuyas grabaciones se encuentran disponibles en sendos enlaces de esta revista. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

No Brasil, a produção nas indústrias de polpas de frutas cresce a cada ano, gera maior quantidade de resíduos e causa um impacto ambiental negativo. Uma opção viável para agregar valor e promover variadas formas de utilização para seu aproveitamento é a transformação destes subprodutos por secagem. Os produtos desidratados têm se destacado pela facilidade de conservação e comercialização. Uma maneira de empregar esses resíduos após a desidratação é incorporar, sob forma de pós, em sorvetes, como saborizantes naturais. Diante disso, objetivou estudar o aproveitamento dos resíduos desidratados de manga (RDM), goiaba (RDG) e acerola (RDA), obtidos por meio de secagem convectiva em bandejas (55 ºC/ 48 horas), e aplicá-los em sorvetes como saborizantes naturais. Foram avaliados nos sorvetes as características físico-químicas, propriedades funcionais e qualidade higienicossanitária, esta também para coprodutos desidratados. Quanto às análises físico-químicas, a amostra F3 (sorvete com adição de 10% de coproduto desidratado de acerola) apresentou destaque para acidez total (1,00%), acidez em ácido láctico (0,91%) e proteínas (4,63%). Quanto a carboidratos e valor calórico, as três formulações de sorvetes apresentaram semelhança entre si (p > 0,05). F3 mostrou mais rica em compostos fenólicos e vitamina C. F2 (sorvete com adição de 10% de coproduto desidratado de goiaba) apresentou maior teor de carotenoides em licopeno e menor teor de carotenoides em β-caroteno. A qualidade higienicossanitária esteve dentro dos padrões, tanto para os coprodutos desidratados das três frutas, quanto para as três formulações de sorvetes. Diante dos resultados satisfatórios das formulações, sugere-se que a adição dos coprodutos de manga, goiaba e acerola seja uma alternativa viável como saborizante natural e incremento de nutrientes e fitoquímicos em sorvetes, reduzindo o desperdício, sem interferir de forma significativa nas características do produto.

The increase in clothing consumption year after year generates a growing demand for raw materials and, therefore, large quantities of waste from the textile and manufacturing process with an environmental impact on the air, land and water component. The research specifies the amount of waste generated by 7 companies in Bogotá D.C during Q1 of the current year, prior knowledge of their production processes through direct observation that allowed the textile waste to be categorized by activity in Spinning (4,106.4 kg), Washing and treatment of fabrics (10,500 m3), Clothing (1,203 kg), Garment finishing (511 kg), Unspecified (50 kg) and Others (2.76 kg), finding that Lycra (12% - 407 kg), Cotton (10% - 343.57 kg) and Rayon (9.7% - 340 kg) are the materials with the highest waste generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El aumento en el consumo de prendas de vestir año a año genera una creciente demanda de materias primas y, por tanto, grandes cantidades de residual del proceso textil y confección con impacto a nivel ambiental en el componente aire, tierra y agua. La investigación precisa la cantidad de residuo generado por 7 empresas de Bogotá D.C durante el Q1 del año en curso previo conocimiento de sus procesos productivos por medio de observación directa que permitió categorizar el residuo textil por actividad en Hilatura (4.106,4 kg), Lavado y teñido de telas (10.500 m3 ), Confección (1.203 kg), Remate prenda (511 kg), No especificado (50 kg) y Otros (2,76 kg), encontrándose que la Licra (12% - 407 kg), Algodón perchado (10% - 343,57 kg) y el Rayón (9,7% - 340 kg) son los materiales con mayor generación de residuos.

El estado de Chihuahua es uno de los principales productores de nuez a nivel nacional en el norte del país, llegando a competir con Estados Unidos. Cada año esta producción ha aumentado debido a la demanda potencial que tiene. Los agricultores están destinando sus hectáreas de otros cultivos, a la producción de nuez e incluso los ganaderos están haciendo conversión de cambio de uso de suelo. Debido a esta situación, las empresas desechan grandes cantidades de cáscara de nuez sin ninguna norma. Por lo tanto, el objetivo fue analizar la inversión técnica para obtener carbón activado para la purificación de agua potable a través de la cascara de nuez. La metodología estuvo dirigida a los dos sectores involucrados utilizando las estrategias de ingeniería en procesos, siendo una muestra de 4 empresas purificadoras de agua y 5 procesadoras de nuez. Como resultado se obtuvo que es viable realizar carbón activado a partir de cáscara de nuez para la purificación de agua. La materia prima es suficiente ya que para producir un kilo de carbón activado se necesitan 2 kilos de cáscara de nuez, por lo tanto;se utilizarían 8 toneladas de cáscara al mes, para cumplir la demanda de 4 toneladas mensuales de carbón activado que requieren las purificadoras de agua.

La economía circular propende por la minimización de los residuos y la reducción del impacto ambiental basada en desviar el patrón lineal de producción, asumiendo uno circular de materiales y productos, en el que se enmarca el uso del compost como biofertilizante para la agricultura. Bajo este entendido, el objetivo de este artículo es determinar el aporte del compost a las áreas destinadas para la bioagricultura y para la siembra de especies forestales. Los datos agregados son para 22 países europeos y se usó para los análisis el modelo de panel de datos. Los resultados muestran que el aporte del compost es apenas marginal para la bioagricultura y que en el caso de las especies forestales no existe una relación concluyente de su aporte.

La producción excesiva de residuos supone un reto para la sostenibilidad, debido a un modelo social basado en el consumo. Este tema se plantea frecuentemente en los medios de comunicación, importantes generadores de opinión y fuentes de información ciudadana. Este trabajo analiza las características de las noticias publicadas durante cuatro años por los cuatro diarios de mayor tirada estatal y su potencial didáctico para su utilización en el aula. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de las noticias plantean el problema de los residuos en un tono neutral, sin conexiones explícitas entre nuestro consumo personal y las consecuencias de los residuos que producimos. Su utilización en el aula necesitaría el diseño de estrategias didácticas apoyadas en situaciones conflictivas que permitan involucrar al alumnado en el problema, asumir responsabilidades y tomar decisiones sobre algunos hábitos.

The oceans are one of the final destinations for the vast majority of plastic waste; in this sense, particles smaller than 5 mm, classified as microplastics (MPs), represent an environmental challenge with global impact on several ecosystems. The work evaluated the presence of MPs in marine waters off the northern coast of Santa Catarina (Brazil), addressing sampling procedures, opening, characterization, and polymer identification. A low-cost equipment developed with easily accessible materials was tested in the sampling, showing excellent results in terms of buoyancy, stability, and mechanical strength. The concentration of MPs obtained in the study was 0.01 MPs per m3. The particles found were analyzed by stereomicroscopy and classified according to morphological aspects in relation to shape into fragments 58,00%, films 25,00%, and lines 17,00%, and regarding the aspect related to color, blue was predominant. The characterization and polymeric identification was performed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy coupled to the total attenuated reflectance module (FTIR-ATR). The types of polymers identified were: polyethylene 33,33%; polypropylene 25,00%; butadiene-styrene copolymer 25,00%, and cellulose 16,66%. The work contributed to the evaluation of an area not yet studied in relation to the presence of MPs in marine waters, while at the same time described in detail the methodologies for analyzing microplastics proposed in the specialized literature.

En este artículo se presentan los resultados de la investigación realizada acerca de la aplicación de la logística inversa en el sector textil de la ciudad de Otavalo con el fin de que las microempresas tengan la posibilidad de reciclar los desechos para luego proceder a una nueva elaboración de un nuevo producto. Por tal motivo, es necesario que se desarrolle el proceso de logística inversa y se tomen decisiones que beneficiarán al medio ambiente y a la sociedad otavaleña. Para el desarrollo de este estudio, inicialmente se realizó un estudio de la literatura que comprendió las definiciones y los tipos de logística inversa, tanto bajo el método cualitativo como el cuantitativo, que permitió estudiar el sector microempresarial textilero por medio de encuestas. Posteriormente, se obtuvieron resultados detallados de productos, materias primas y desechos, con el único propósito de dar el giro que tenían los desechos como destino final el vertedero generando un efecto negativo para el medio ambiente. Con todos los resultados, se propone mejorar los procesos internos y externos de la selección de residuos textiles, con el apoyo de responsabilidad compartida de los stakeholders, como el Gobierno, la Sociedad Civil y las Empresas Públicas, forjando la concientización de la aplicación de la logística inversa en el proceso de planificación, implantación, control y reducción de tiempos mediante el modelo SCOR, buscando la eficiencia y eficacia dentro de las microempresas para obtener al final el retorno de estos residuos para un nuevo producto.

Esta nueva normativa altera el régimen general de gestión de residuos (RGGR), la normativa sobre deposición de residuos en vertederos licenciados y la relativa a flujos de residuos específicos sujetos al principio de responsabilidad ampliada del productor (también conocida como, el régimen unificado de flujos de residuos). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The judgment of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León (Valladolid) on February 29, 2024 addresses the contentious-administrative appeal filed by the "Federation of Ecologists in Action of Castilla y León" against Order FYM/304/2022 and the Agreement of the Ministry of Development and Environment of the Junta de Castilla y León. The appellant considers that the adaptation of the Comprehensive Waste Plan of Castilla y León (PIRCYL) is a revision or modification of the regional plan that should have been subject to the procedural requirements established by the Territorial Planning Law of the Community of Castilla y León. In addition, it argues that the adaptation of the PIRCYL is subject to an ordinary strategic environmental assessment. The Court grants the appellant Federation's claim and annuls the challenged Order and Agreement. [Extracted from the article]

En el ámbito de la economía circular las herramientas para el registro y la contabilización de los materiales adquieren una importancia fundamental, pues de ello dependerá el éxito de la aplicación de este nuevo paradigma económico. Para mejorar la gestión de los materiales que circulan por la empresa debemos contar con los mecanismos de información contable adecuados para que nos indiquen la correcta contabilización de aquellos con el objetivo de la obtención del máximo beneficio, tanto económico, como medioambiental. Un método como el “Método de Contabilidad de Flujo de Materiales (MCFA) nos puede servir de ayuda en la consecución de los citados objetivos; para ello presentamos un breve trabajo sobre el mismo para identificar las ventajas que nos puede ofrecer su aplicación. Ventajas que la trazabilidad de los materiales en el seno de la empresa, con los costes que llevan asociados nos ha de facilitar la implementación de la economía circular en el seno de las organizaciones. Todo ello sin olvidar la importancia de continuar en la búsqueda de nuevos métodos de contabilización de los materiales ni la mejora de los actuales métodos de contabilidad de gestión.

En este trabajo se evalúa la factibilidad de emplear la arena y arcilla residuales generados por la minería de arena para fabricar bloques de tierra comprimida (BTC) y adobes. Para ello, se caracterizaron los subproductos generados por una mina en la provincia de Río Negro (Argentina) y se confeccionaron diferentes series de probetas, determinando su retracción por secado, densidad seca, resistencia a compresión y resistencia a erosión húmeda. Los resultados indican que, con una dosificación en peso de 74.25% arcilla, 24.75% arena y un 1% de paja, pueden producirse adobes portantes con una resistencia a compresión de 18.63 kgf/cm2, mientras que, empleando una dosificación de 71.3% de arcilla, 23.7% arena y 5% de cemento Portland, pueden producirse BTC con una resistencia a compresión superior a 30 kgf/cm2 y una elevada resistencia a la erosión húmeda, aptos para emplearse en la construcción de muros de carga y muros exteriores sin revoque.

Studies of waste work have largely focused on labourers who collect and process materials in exchange for money, including informal waste reclaimers and those now working precariously due to neoliberalization. Researchers have also drawn attention to who sorts waste in and beyond the household. Here we examine voluntary clean-ups as well as waste education in South Africa. State discourse encourages people to engage with the wastescape without framing this participation as work. Yet such engagements require people to act, and changing existing practices and expectations of who does what (and who is paid what) to make waste flow. We argue that understanding such activities as infrastructural helps to explain how the state seeks to enrol citizens into waste configurations, and understanding them as labour enables more capacious politics and claims to waste’s value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The High Court of Justice of Castilla y León has denied an urban and environmental license for the construction of a cattle shed in San Juan del Olmo, Ávila. The City Council of San Juan del Olmo appealed the ruling of the Administrative Court No. 1 of Ávila, but the Court rejected their arguments. The denial of the licenses is due to concerns about the quality of water for human consumption, but the city council did not provide evidence justifying the risks and environmental impacts of the activity. In addition, the minimum distances established by regulations for livestock farms in relation to the urban area are met, and there is no regulation establishing a minimum distance between a livestock farm and a water deposit. [Extracted from the article]

This paper analyzes the concept of "by-product" in European and Spanish waste law. The first part summarises the legislative developments and the caselaw of the European Court of Justice in this area. The second part studies the latest main regulatory developments on by-products where special attention is paid to the public intervention system provided for Law 7/2022. Finally, some of the regulatory deficiencies detected are highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current Mining Law was a boost for mining, and addressed the need for this activity to be developed seeking a balance with some protection of environmental values. A possible reform would offer the opportunity for mining activity to be more sustainable, integrated into the circular economy, and committed to the fight against climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study was prepared, which consists of the economic evaluation of two important materials in the construction of the interior partitions of the 3rd floor in a 21-floor building located in the city of Concepción. These materials are plasterboard and metalcon profiles. Within this study, the acquisition cost of these two materials was evaluated, as well as the cost associated with labor and machinery involved in the transportation process on site. In addition, the waste generated by both materials was accounted for, to quantify the costs related to waste management. Finally, a proposal is presented to achieve the optimization of these materials within the work, with the aim of achieving a better use of both. This entails great benefits for the company, since it is possible to reduce the number of materials that are currently used, and the amount of waste generated within the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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the increase in waste generation and constant growth requires quantification of emissions in order to assess the problem and contribute to its mitigation. The study evaluated the impact of non-hazardous waste through organic and inorganic indicators, such as annual tons of paper and cardboard, plastics, ferrous metal, food waste, garden and wood, for three base scenarios (BS) for the period 2016-2018, a reference scenario (integration of the base scenarios) and a futuristic scenario determined by the increase in production. These scenarios were built based on the availability of information from the safety and environmental sector of the industry to calculate CO2-eq (Carbon Dioxide Equivalent) using the GHG-MRS tool, based on pre-defined parameters adapted to the availability of information and the conditions of the case study. The 2016 EB estimated 60 t/a/CO2-eq, the 2017 EB presented 46 t/a/CO2-eq, the 2018 EB generated 14 t/a/CO2-eq, while the reference scenario determined 60 t/a/CO2-eq. The data provide a prospective vision for decision-making in a petrochemical industry in southern Tamaulipas, contributing to the problem of increasing waste from a specific sector with regional implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article studies how Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is regulated in Mexico. For this purpose, the methodology of analysis of theoretical studies or literature review was used. The regulatory regime of EPR was addressed, identifying the principles set forth by international environmental law that are applicable to it, and a search was made in the federal legislation and in the law of each state regarding waste treatment, whether it is regulated and how it is regulated. It was found that at the federal level there is no regulation and at the local level only 25% of the states regulate Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil is known worldwide as one of the main producers of ornamental stones, which generates a significant amount of waste. Since 1990, research has been carried out on the use of these wastes in ceramic artifacts and other materials, with promising results, which point to a more sustainable production, with a reduction in the deposition of wastes in nature and better quality products. In this context, the objective of this work was to analyze the economic viability of transporting and directing waste from ornamental stone processing companies to the red ceramic industries, focusing on some companies in the southern region of the state of Espírito Santo. Data were collected on the locations of stone companies, ceramic industries and waste landfills, as well as information on the distances between them and the costs involved in transporting and depositing waste in landfills. The results indicated that, for 87% of the stone processing companies in the region, directing waste to the red ceramic industries is more economically viable than deposition in landfills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

O avanço das práticas sustentáveis nas biorrefinarias desempenha um papel crucial na mitigação das emissões de carbono e na utilização eficiente dos recursos naturais, preservando o meio ambiente. As biorrefinarias, que convertem biomassa lignocelulósica em uma variedade de produtos, destacam-se pela capacidade de transformar resíduos em produtos de alto valor agregado. Entre os produtos da biorrefinaria, o xilitol destaca-se. Ele é obtido pela conversão da xilose presente na lignocelulose e oferece benefícios à saúde, sendo considerado uma molécula intermediária na produção de valiosos produtos químicos. Os métodos microbiológicos na produção de xilitol são cada vez mais reconhecidos como uma alternativa eficiente e ambientalmente amigável. Esses são alguns dos principais fatores discutidos nesta revisão, que visa demonstrar a rota biotecnológica de produção do xilitol com o uso de materiais lignocelulósicos. Vários estudos foram observados quanto à caracterização de diversos resíduos lignocelulósicos, e notou-se que o Eucalyptus globulus e a folha de bananeira apresentam altos teores de xilose. Ao se analisarem as pesquisas mais recentes relacionadas à produção de xilitol, foi identificada a possibilidade de coprodução de bioetanol na mesma rota biotecnológica de produção do xilitol. Por exemplo, estudos demonstraram que a mistura do bagaço e a palha da cana-de-açúcar, bem como o resíduo de palha de arroz, foram capazes de produzir níveis elevados de xilitol e etanol, atingindo 30,61 g/L de xilitol e 47,97 g/L de etanol e 34,21 g/L de xilitol e 2,12 g/L de etanol, respectivamente. Essas inovações não apenas promovem a sustentabilidade, mas também têm o potencial de gerar impactos positivos na economia global.

Este artículo analiza, diferentes y desiguales problemas urbano ambientales en la ciudad de Posadas (Argentina), donde hay distintas prácticas sociales de cuidado y gestión del ambiente de acuerdo con los vecindarios. El objetivo fue conocer y describir las acciones u omisiones de legislación y/o políticas ambientales en relación a las distintas zonas urbanas. Con base en un relevamiento cuantitativo, se vinculó el contexto espacial de los barrios con la presencia de problemas y políticas ambientales, prácticas de cuidado del ambiente, opiniones, actitudes, y procesos de autogestión social en cada vecindario. Se describe cómo las personas que viven en los barrios más pobres están desproporcionadamente expuestas a condiciones ambientales adversas. Los barrios ubicados en entornos urbanos de alta calidad ambiental disponen de mayores servicios, recursos y atención gubernamental, mientras que, los barrios más desfavorecidos en la ciudad son a la vez, los menos favorecidos por las políticas y las estructuras urbanas deficitarias.

Los poliuretanos convencionales son los plásticos con mayor demanda en el mundo, se fabrican a partir de derivados del petróleo que es un recurso no renovable y contribuye a la contaminación ambiental. Sin embargo, los biopoliuretanos se producen a partir de fuentes renovables, como aceites vegetales o azúcares derivados de plantas, ayudan a reducir la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles y disminuyen la huella de carbono. La síntesis de biopoliuretanos permite ajustar las propiedades de los materiales finales para adaptarse a diferentes aplicaciones como la industria automotriz, la construcción, la fabricación de muebles y la industria textil. Pueden variar en términos de resistencia, elasticidad, rigidez y capacidad de carga. Estas características dependen de la estructura química y concentración del poliol y diisocianato con el que se producen. En este trabajo se describe la síntesis de poliuretanos utilizando poliol proveniente de grasa avícola y diisocianato de isoforona y el efecto de la relación poliol/isocianato (OH/NCO) en las propiedades fisicoquímicas de los poliuretanos obtenidos. En los espectros de infrarrojo (FTIR) se observó la presencia de la banda 3350 cm-1 que corresponde al enlace -NH y la ausencia del estiramiento del grupo isocianato (NCO) a 2270 cm-1, lo que indica que todos los grupos isocianato reaccionaron durante la polimerización. Se evaluaron poliuretanos generados con relaciones molares poliol/isocianato (OH/NCO) 1:3, 1:4 y 1:5 observándose que a mayor relación molar aumenta la rigidez y la resistencia a la compresión del biopoliuretano, probablemente por la mayor formación de entrecruzamientos.