Atualmente, existem diversas construções de barramentos para a contenção de rejeitos da mineração, ou barragens de rejeitos. Essas barragens acumulam os resíduos oriundos da mineração, que por sua vez são altamente tóxicos e prejudiciais ao homem e ao meio ambiente, e não têm valor econômico para ser comercializado. Assim, é de suma importância viabilizar métodos de monitoramento destes diques, a fim de evitar ...
Mango is one of the main fruits produced in Brazil, with a production of 1 million tons per year, its market is mostly national, where it can be found natural or processed industrially as whole juice, or pulp. However, industrial fruit processing is responsible for the generation of large volumes of waste. Faced with this problem, researchers found that mango co-products (peel and stone) can be extracted pectin...
An important issue in the development of new processes is how to perform environmental impact assessments that support decisions at an early stage of process development. In this study, a methodological procedure was applied to insert life cycle assessment (LCA) in early design of two alternative processes (A and B) to extract starch from mango kernel. This procedure allowed to perform LCAs at technology readin...
Coconut cultivation is an important economic activity for Brazil, with the Brazilian Northeast being mainly responsible for production. Due to the socioeconomic importance of this productive chain and the possible environmental impacts generated by its cultivation system, this work aims to quantify and evaluate the environmental impacts determining the water and carbon footprints of this crop. The primary data ...