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Lessons learned for a more efficient knowledge and technology transfer to South American countries in the fields of solid waste and contaminated sites management

Alberto Bezama

Environmental Science Center EULA-Chile, University of Concepción. P.O. Box 160 - C, Concepción, Chile, abezama{at}udec.cl

Nóra Szarka

Department of Technical Ecosystem Analysis, University of Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Strasse 5, 8700 Leoben, Austria

Rodrigo Navia

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of La Frontera, P.O. Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile

Odorico Konrad

Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Centro Universitario UNIVATES, Rua Avelino Tallini 171-Bairro Universitario, CEP 95900-000, Lajeado-RS, Brazil

Karl E. Lorber

Institute for Sustainable Waste Management and Technology, University of Leoben. Peter-Tunner-Strasse 15, 8700 Leoben, Austria

The present paper describes the development, performance and conclusions derived from three know-how and technology transfer projects to South American countries. The first project comprised a collaborative study by European and South American universities to find sustainable solutions for Chilean and Ecuadorian leather tanneries which had underachieving process performances. The second project consisted of investigations carried out in a Brazilian municipality to enhance its municipal solid waste management system. The final collaborative programme dealt with the initial identification, evaluation and registration of suspected contaminated sites in an industrial region of Chile. The detailed objectives, methods and procedures applied as well as the results and conclusions obtained in each of the three mentioned projects are presented, giving special attention to the organizational aspects and to the practical approach of each programme, concluding with their main advantages and disadvantages for identifying a set of qualitative and quantitative suggestions, and to establish transferable methods for future applications.

Key Words: Municipal solid waste management • industrial waste management • contaminated sites • know-how transfer • technology transfer • developing countries • wmr 1033-9

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, 148-161 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06072494
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