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ARTICLE · 20 NOVEMBER 2012

Environment And Sustainability Newsletter

Felsberg e Associados
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Superior Court of Justice annuls environmental Conduct Adjustment Agreement (TAC).

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Editorial

On August 23, 2012 publisher Trevisan will launch the book "Solid Waste Management – What the  Law Mandates"  ("Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos – O que diz a Lei"), co-authored by Fabricio Dorado Soler, Coordinator of Felsberg e Associados' Department of Environment and Sustainability and Carlos Roberto Vieira da Silva Filho, president of the Brazilian Association of Public Cleansing and Special Waste Enterprises (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais – ABRELPE). The project aims to facilitate understanding of the vast Brazilian legislation on solid waste, so as to enable appreciation of the practical significance of the various laws enacted daily throughout the country. The event will be held at 7 pm at Livraria da Vila Shopping Iguatemi JK.

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