In this research, we approached the perception of the managers of both cooperatives and associations of waste pickers in the city of Recife regarding the issue of circular economy practices. The study was conducted under ...

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a method based on arithmetic operation between remote sensor bands. This vegetation index is used on a large scale in various environmental studies, such as the analysis ...

The world is experiencing a period that requires rapid socio-economic, environmental, technological and cultural transformations, and values ​​to face the numerous challenges towards sustainability. In this sense, the ...

As well as other activities, public agencies are also major consumers of natural resources in their routine activities, being major consumers of paper, cartridges, light bulbs and electronic waste. As a way of minimizing ...

The urge to increase world food production raises questions about pesticide usage and its consequences. Previous studies point out Brazil among the countries that most consume and export these products in the world, and ...

The universalization of sanitation services, the quality and quantity of water resources have direct impacts on public health, the environment, economic and sustainable development. In order to discuss these and other ...

Construction and demolition waste (CDW) in Recife-PE has been underutilized or even discarded, wasting opportunities for new uses that mitigate the negative impacts of Civil Construction on the environment in which it is ...

The degradation of water bodies caused by the release of domestic and industrial effluents without proper treatment, or without any type of treatment, silting, salinization processes and eutrophication of water sources, ...

Environmental management by Brazilian municipalities has been a major challenge for managers, considering the pressures exerted by the growth dynamics of urban centers, and above all, by the new demands of society that ...

The Green Area Index (GAI) and the Green Area Percentage (GAP) are important indicators for assessing urban environmental quality and guiding public policies for these areas of the city, aiming sustainable cities. These ...