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Loading ...Amapá Adopts a Recycling Policy
Friday, August 1st, 2008In early July Governor Waldez Góes signed a law creating a State Materials Recycling Policy. The new Law is based on similar measures adopted by several other Brazilian states, including Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rondônia. It seeks to promote and provide incentives to the commercialization and industrial utilization of used […]
São Paulo Requires Use of Recycled Construction Materials / Uso de entulho reciclado torna-se obrigatório em São Paulo
Saturday, December 30th, 2006Synopsis in English: The new Mayor of the Municipality of São Paulo (MSP) has signed a decree making it mandatory for contractors providing paving services in the mega-city of over 11 million (and 588 sq. mi. of area) to utilize recycled materials — i.e., recovered construction and demolition (C&D) wastes. MSP generates about 17,000 metric […]