Browsing by Subject "Pollution"
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Caracterización de la cadena de abastecimiento de botellas de tereftalato de polietileno como estrategia de optimización del reciclaje en la ciudad de barranquilla
(Universidad de la CostaIngeniería Industrial, 2015)Nowadays bottles of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are produced and consumed in large volumes by industry beverages and chemicals. After use these become a major contaminant materials on the planet. Every year around ... -
Characterization of the morphological and chemical profile of different families of microplastics in samples of breathable air
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)Switzerland, 2023-01-20)Microplastic (MP) contamination has become a problem of great interest to the community at large. The detection of these particles in different ecosystems and foods has been the subject of study. However, the focus of these ... -
Controlling environmental pollution: dynamic role of fiscal decentralization in CO2 emission in Asian economies
(2021)The “environment” has become one of the important and debatable topics of the world and policymakers identifying the new predictors of CO2 emissions. Therefore, some economies have been promoting fiscal decentralization ... -
Determinación de la contaminación por metales pesados en el embalse el Guájaro, Departamento del Atlántico
(Universidad de la CostaIngeniería Ambiental, 2017-06-11)El objetivo de este proyecto de investigación consistió en determinar las concentraciones de metales pesados (Hg, Pb, Zn) en agua y sedimento del Embalse El Guájaro, Departamento del Atlántico. Se seleccionaron al azar ... -
Educación ambiental para el mantenimiento de cuerpos de agua contaminados mediante la IEP
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2018-12-04)La educación ambiental es un elemento utilizado desde las escuelas para crear consciencia en la comunidad educativa sobre las problemáticas de contaminación observadas en el contexto social donde habitan, el estudio tuvo ... -
The formation of the concept of smart sustainable city with the purpose of environmental protection
(ASERS PublishingRomania, 2021)The article is aimed at identifying the main areas of a smart sustainable city formation that can help to protect the environment. The article presents the results and definitions of a smart city and its variant, a smart ... -
Generación de residuos sólidos en el municipio de Galapa (Atlántico) y su aprovechamiento como forma de minimizar la problemática ambiental
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2014-07-01)En el municipio de Galapa se pueden identificar diferentes fuentes y niveles de contami-nación; entre ellos se encuentran los residuos só-lidos, que generalmente no presentan una gestión adecuada, y esto nos lleva ... -
Identification and quantification of microplastics in effluents of wastewater treatment plant by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
(MDPI AGSwitzerland, 2022-04-20)In this research, the presence of microplastics was detected through a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis of three wastewater treatment plants. One of these plants applied only a preliminary treatment stage ... -
Numerical modelling of the laguna verde nuclear power station thermal plume discharge to the sea
(Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2016)The coastal water pollution is a problem that responds to the overpopulation, natural resources exploitation and the increase of technologic development; this has led to an alteration of the physical, chemical and biological ... -
Outer approximation algorithms to solve semi-infinite environmental pollution problems
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2018-01-01)Introduction− The traditional approaches of managing the integral estimation of a general function do no solve the prob-lem of fulfilling the constraints in each point of the domain. This is achieved through a semi-infinite ... -
Políticas públicas departamentales aplicables para controlar la contaminación y reducción del caudal del arroyo Isabel López - Atlántico
(Corporación Universidad de la CostaDerecho, 2021)The present work has the general objective of investigating the problem of contamination and reduction of the flow of the Arroyo Isabel López as well as its instability, and the public policies, especially departmental ... -
La segunda vida de los materiales
(Corporación Universidad de la CostaBarranquilla, 2019-07-04)The challenge facing humanity is to break with the schemes, put aside traditional behaviours and initiate healthy actions involving all aspects of the environment. The management of waste and em-phatically ... -
The impact of air pollution on the rate of degradation of the fortress of Florianópolis Island, Brazil
(Universidad de la Costa, 2020)The study of the prevalence of agglomerated nanoparticles (ANPs) containing potentially hazardous elements (PHEs) in the atmosphere is an emerging field of research. As such, the development of effective analytical procedures ... -
To clean or not to clean? A critical review of beach cleaning methods and impacts
(Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018-12-12)Cleaning is a fundamental concern of beach managers in many destinations as well as an important requirement in beach quality awards. However, it has been largely neglected in the literature. This paper provides an overview ...