Abstract:The use of laptops computers is increasing and this model surpassed the desktop computer as the most popular of the personal computer market. On the extended use situations, the laptop can causes ergonomic issues, and the use of an adjustable table is demanded to raise the screen to the user eye-line height in order to alleviate this problem. The manufacturing of the laptop stand causes environmental impact, still requiring the production of other complementary peripherals for the stand to be effective. this paper describes a simplified LCA -Life Cycle Assessment linked to an ESW -Ecodesign Strategy Wheel method application highlighted a great opportunity of innovation during the evaluation of the manufacturing process of the UpTable portable laptop stand, providing solutions for both the ergonomic issue and the environmental sustainability. Proposed manufacturing process eliminates the peripherals redundancy and promotes economy of supplies with no prejudice to the portability that characterizes the device, reducing the environmental impact during the manufacturing process, utilization and discharge of the product.

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Nowadays, the problematic of cigarette butts is increasingly evident. Cigarette butts waste is a huge pollutant, the problem begins with tobacco manufacturing and transporting. Researchers estimate the annual global environmental costs of tobacco manufacturing results in 2 million metric tonnes of solid waste, 300 000 metric tonnes of nicotine-contaminated waste and 200 000 metric tonnes of chemical waste (Lee, Botero, & Novotny, 2016). The Carnegie Mellon University's Green Design Institute performed an Economic Input-Output lifecycle assessment (EIOLCA) concluding that USA's tobacco industry by its own is responsible for releasing 16 million metric tonnes of CO2 (Proctor, 2012) . Deforestation is the first negative consequence of the tobacco industry, being responsible for 4% of the worldwide deforestation (Lee et al., 2016).In a worldwide perspective, in 2012, 6.25 trillion cigarettes have been consumed, releasing through the smoke denotative amounts of toxicants and pollutants directly into the environment. In a single year, the global tobacco smoke contributed with thousands of metric tonnes of carcinogens, other toxicants, and greenhouse gases. The toxic emissions include 3000-6000 metric tonnes of formaldehyde; 12000-47000 metric tonnes of nicotine; and the three major greenhouse gases found in tobacco smokecarbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides (DeBardeleben, 1981;Aeslina Abdul Kadir & Mohajerani, 2010).The post-consumer waste cigarette butts also impact the environment. About two thirds of used cigarettes are being thrown away on the ground, resulting, each year, between 360 and 680 million kilograms of waste tobacco products in the world. Although the waste volume is frightful, the main harmful problem is the 7000 toxic chemicals contained in burnt cigarettes. Those toxic chemicals accumulate in the environment, ending up on the streets and contaminating fresh and marine water. Cigarette butts discharged contain dangerous chemicals including nicotine, arsenic, heavy metals (such as lead, copper, chromium, and cadmium) and PAHs, which can induce public health problems, such as cancer (Novotny & Slaughter,

Este trabalho buscou fazer uma investigação sobre os problemas enfrentados pelos pescadores artesanaisapós a implantação da Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte no município de Altamira-PA, adentrando nahistória deste empreendimento, dos pescadores da colônia Z-57 e como a geografia busca reforçar aquestão de território e espaço na questão pesqueira. O projeto hidrelétrico trouxe grandes transformaçõespara esta classe de pescadores, que teve seu modo de vida transformado com a perda de territóriorotineiro de pesca da Volta Grande do Xingu, diminuição de espécies de peixe, não reconhecimentocomo atingido e realocação de sua moradia para novos bairros chamados RUC (Reassentamento UrbanoColetivo) que fica distante do rio e do centro da cidade, trazendo problemas socioeconômicos.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Território Pesqueiro; atingidos por Barragens; Pescadores Artesanais.