The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the effectiveness of different environmental education experiences aimed at consumers of electrical and electronic toys. To do this, different campaigns of collection of waste ...

Proper management of stormwater is a particularly important aspect which largely determines the urban development and its sustainability. Unlike traditional interventions -purely quantitative and focusing on the evacuation ...

In order to prevent and reduce anthropogenic air pollution, gas emissions from a wide range of industrial activities are being limited by progressively more restrictive regulations. Therefore, the end-of-pipe treatment of ...

The European Community's policy requires a sustainable and environmentally friendly development, in which the consumption of raw materials was controlled; and emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, water and soil, ...

The objective of this communication is to present a tool designed with the aim of facilitating the communication of environmental information in the ceramic industry, both for companies and products (ceramic tiles). The ...

In 2008, Spain reached the objectives fixed by the European Union in reference to packaging waste management and has achieved maintain and even exceed them, according to the data held by the European Commission (Eurostat). ...

Actually there are several alternatives to products and systems design that in the end of its life are integrated into Technosphere or Natursphere metabolism. Among these techniques is Ecodesign, Industrial Ecology, LCA, ...

This paper presents a technique for quantifying landscape impacts from the implementation of infrastructures on rural landscapes. Proposed methodology takes into account perception in landscape characterization thanks to ...

Closed areas with heavy traffic such as road tunnels and underground parking lots usually present high levels of atmospheric pollution. Thus, the poor-quality air in those enclosures constitutes a health threat for commuters, ...

The Zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is an invasive fresh water mollusc that causes several problems to industrial premises both in Europe and North America. Such bivalve is highly harmful because of its high reproductive ...