How the Brazilian government can use public policies to induce recycling and still save money?

The threshold effect of the efficiency of science and technological services on regional environmental governance in China

“…Various environmental taxes, especially carbon taxes, energy taxes, and petroleum taxes, have become an effective environmental regulation tool, which has a significant impact on the improvement of environmental benefits. Murakami, Sulzbach, Pereira, Borchardt, and Sellitto (2015) pointed out that public policies that focus on the health of residents also affect the environmental quality. Murakami, Sulzbach, Pereira, Borchardt, and Sellitto (2015) pointed out that public policies that focus on the health of residents also affect the environmental quality.…”

Perceived strategic implication of solid waste recycling across Malaysian higher education institutions

“…Besides, [39] researched on municipal solid waste recycling in Portugal found that incineration inclines to minimise costs by about 15%. Another study on animal wastes recycling also found the reduction of the raw materials cost used in manufacturing fertilizers [40]. As majority of the previous researches were on municipal solid waste recycling, thus it is vitally important to study solid waste recycling in other sectors such as higher education institutions; for instance to find out to what extent they are managing their solid waste recycling.…”

“…For instance, [41] found that in the methods of waste recovery, incinerators could generate electricity to sell to power enterprises and then earn substantial extra incomes for the company. Besides, [40] researched on zinc waste found out that zinc producer made revenues by selling zinc waste and it was also reducing costs of waste disposal. [40] in their study also found that the job of waste picking for recycling constitutes a source of income for many impoverished residents in Brazil.…”

“…Besides, [40] researched on zinc waste found out that zinc producer made revenues by selling zinc waste and it was also reducing costs of waste disposal. [40] in their study also found that the job of waste picking for recycling constitutes a source of income for many impoverished residents in Brazil. However the institution solid waste recycling was still considered at its infancy since no significant recycling performance in higher education isntitutions, thus whether the current recycling programmes have brought extra income for the institutions is still questionable.…”

Sugar beet fiber and Tragacanth gum effects on concrete

“…In spite of its low durability, this resin is used as a supplement in different materials (Ismail and Al-Hashmi, 2011). Today, waste recovery and reusing industrial waste is on the increase (Levanen, 2015;Murakami et al, 2015). Numerous studies have been conducted to determine the effects of adding natural substances as supplements to concrete and cement for improving the behavior of the same (Mutuk and Mesci, 2014;Pangdaeng et al, 2014;Cordeiro et al, 2012).…”