3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1025+ words) The workshop opened by Shunji Nishimura in Pompeia started with a simple proposal: to repair practically any object that came to him. A Japanese immigrant and mechanic technician, Nishimura settled in the city in 1939 after taking a train from São…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1288+ words) The mansion, which spans 2,500 square meters built on an 11,000 square meter lot in Jardim Pernambuco, Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, started demolition in 2026 to clear the way for a new residential development. The property had been listed for R$ 220 million before…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (909+ words) Archaeologists working at the ruins of Ratiária, an ancient Roman city on the banks of the Danube in present-day Bulgaria, have advanced over 100 meters of an underground channel used to guide rainwater. Concurrently, the excavations revealed parts of the ancient…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (926+ words) The project is called Dessal, described as the largest desalination plant in Latin America. It will be built in Praia do Futuro, Fortaleza. According to a special report by O Povo published on August 31, the construction of the plant is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1146+ words) A real estate transformation is underway in downtown São Paulo, where dozens of old, vacant, or underutilized buildings are being renovated to accommodate new residents, businesses, and services. In August 2026, the city reported over 50 properties involved in rehabilitation processes, with…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1089+ words) An operation that manages around 9,000 tons of waste daily in Rio de Janeiro has begun to operate with an unusual logic: some of the trucks transporting the waste to the landfill now use gas produced by the decomposition of the…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (749+ words) More than 8,000 PET bottles that could have become waste have gained a new purpose in a rural community in Granados, Guatemala. Students, families, and volunteers filled the containers with plastic bags and other plastic waste, creating eco-bricks that were later…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (658+ words) Four areas previously marked by concrete and degradation have joined São Paulo’s Urban Woodlands program. With the new units delivered in the central region in August 2026, the city now has 20 woodlands, 97,015 square meters of green areas, and 24,710 seedlings planted. The…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1494+ words) The floating barriers installed in the Motagua River system in Guatemala are now facing an extreme problem during the rainy season: waves of bottles, wood, and other waste flow rapidly toward the Caribbean Sea. According to estimates provided, the river…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (895+ words) Brazil has developed, over the last two decades, a comprehensive reverse logistics system for empty agricultural pesticide containers. Currently, about 92% of the returned material is sent for recycling, according to data presented by the sector. Since 2002, the Campo Limpo System…...