The need to unmask lurking false friends: sustainability is a state, not a process! a reply to Fernandez et al. (2012)

Monjeau, J. A.; Fluck, Jo Anne Smith; Fluck, Werner Thomas

doi:10.4322/natcon.2013.016

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“…The harmful effects of environmental degradation could already be noticed 2,000 years before Christ. Historic records show processes of soil salinization in areas that belonged to the Sumerian civilization caused by the unsustainable use of natural resources, which resulted in the disappearance of the Sumerians (Monjeau, Smith‐Flueck, & Flueck, 2013). Over time, environmental degradation has been steadily increasing due to various human activities, such as deforestation, the burning of fossil fuels, and the production of waste.…”

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E‐waste in the world today: An overview of problems and a proposal for improvement in Brazil

Albuquerque

Mello

Gomes

et al. 2020

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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Environmental issues have been at the center of society's concerns for a long time. Recently, this kind of concern is growing even more due to the damage caused to the environment by electrical and electronic product waste. Based on this same concern, this work aimed to analyze, through a literature review, the production and treatment of electronic waste in today's world, with an emphasis on Brazil and China. The articles reviewed point to an increase in the production of this type of waste, in both Brazil and China, and reveal that the current processes of treatment of electronic waste mostly aim to obtain profit through the recovery of precious metals such as copper. This paper concluded that although Brazil is one of the major producers of e-waste, more than 90% of its e-waste has not had a proper final destination. This deficiency in e-waste treatment in Brazil is mainly due to financial factors and the lack of a robust educational policy focused on the environment. Thus, this work suggests the implementation of an effective educational policy aimed at environmental conservation, as well as investments in research on recycling methods in Brazil, especially on the use of e-waste as an aggregate in the manufacture of concrete.

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confidence: 99%