Barbara Stolte Bezerra

TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis) of organic waste management through circular economy (CE) principles are identified.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a study on the environmental impacts of particleboards produced from wastes, based on a comparative Life Cycle Assessment study, which indicated that pine particleboard presented the highest environmental impact potential.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an aggregate indicator to assess the environmental impact of municipal solid waste management in the small municipalities of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and created a classification of the municipalities considered to identify the best management practices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the alternatives for composting of the organic waste generated in the city of Bauru, in the state of Sao Paulo, which does not have a composting plant, and analyzed the environmental impacts of seven scenarios: current situation, in which all organic waste is disposed at the landfill; dispatch of organic waste to the closest municipality having a compost-ing plant; construction of a home-compensating plant; use of home composting for 10, 25, 60% and 90% of organic wastes; and the Life Cycle Assessment of the

TL;DR: In this article, the properties of four asphalt compositions modified with scrap tire rubber (STR) prepared in the laboratory were compared with those of asphalt modified with styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), a synthetic polymer and one of the most common modifiers, to verify the feasibility of using STR as a substitute for SBS.