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Let’s recycle!

When you buy a beer or soda, prefer the glass bottle, If you decided for cans (aluminum), try join in campaign of waste sorting.

Several people and entities do waste sorting for living. Brazil is the champion in the recycle of aluminum. Join in the waste sorting and help us keep this rank!

 
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What can we do to reduce the amount of garbage in the cities? And what can and should be done with the waste we produce every day?... We require from the authorities efficient measure and action for the collect and allocation of garbage. You can sort the waste at home, school or work. Look some duties you can develop in your house, school or work to reduce the impact of waste.

At work...
- Support the waste sorting
- Provide durable products
- Obey the Country’s environmental legislation
- Collaborate in the conservation of natural resources
- Make partnership with nongovernmental organization and cooperatives of collector
- When is possible use both side of paper
- Do copies and prints in both sides of paper
- support projects of waste sorting

At school...
- Introduce the recycle theme and waste sorting in your classes
- Promote courses about reutilization of materials
- Promote sustainable initiatives
- Awareness the students about the need to recycling
- Encourage attitudes that may be development in group
- Deploy a system of waste sorting in common areas

At home...
- Reduce the consumiption and avoid waste
- Prepare your garbage to the waste sorting
- Join into discussions about trash fate in your neighborhood
- Prefer products not disposable
- Make donations of clothes, toys and other stuff u don’t need anymore


Material
Degradation
   
Steel
Over 100 years
Aluminum
200 to 500 years
Ceramic
Indefinitely
Bubble gum
5 years
Carton
Until 100 years (aluminum)
PET packaging
Over 100 years
Sponge
Indefinitely
Cigarrets
5 years
Styrofoam
Indefinitely
Wares
Indefinitely
Rubber gloves
Indefinitely
Metal (equipments components)
About 450 years
Nylon
30 years
Paper and cardboard
About 6 month
Plastic (equipment components)
Until 450 years
Tires
Indefiniety
Plastic bags
Until 100 years
Glass
Indefinitely
Very slow: about 30 year to nylon
 
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Stay tuned to the degradation time for each material, this information might influence in your shopping. Choose recycled and durable products.

Only in Sao Paulo, with 39 counties, there are about 17 million people, the production of garbage can be 16 thousands tons per day.
   
 
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