Brazil surpasses 200 millions citizens that produce trash everyday, and final destination of this waste is a public politic question. Currently, all volume of this trash produced is not complete collected, and collected ...

The advancement of technology and the beginning of food processing and storage, besides to providing numerous benefits, has created the challenge of managing the generation of waste. As a mechanism that reduces pressure ...

With the development of the country, the demand for electric energy tends to grow, with estimates pointing outgrowth of more than 100% until 2025. Currently, in Brazil, one of the main sources of energy is hydroelectric ...

The natural environment has been modified by human beings for thousands of years, but since the industrial revolution it has been reaching global levels and, as a result, the health, safety, and survival itself on planet ...

The disposition of the organic fraction of solid waste in sanitary landfills, are responsible for environmental impacts, among them the reduction of its useful life and the generation of Greenhouse Effect Gases, besides ...

Due population growth and society development, the number of activities carried out that generate negative impacts on the environment has increased. Incorrect disposal of solid waste and liquid waste is responsible for ...

Currently, movements in favor of the environment are being observed with expansion of the creation of environmental disasters or, as environmental incidents with more correct processes. From this dynamic, an important ...

The sharp urban growth causes daily the disposal of high amounts of effluents, both domestic and industrial, in the water bodies located in urban centers, significantly increasing the elements responsible for environmental ...

Air is a natural resource that is indispensable for life on Earth. However, for years the atmospheric quality has been affected by intense processes of urbanization, industrialization, and demographic growth. The main ...

Recently, computational models (CMs) have gained more notoriety in Engineering. This highlight is mainly due to the growing search for methods that minimize the time, resources, and costs, usually spent on empirical tests. ...