title: Lessons learned for a more efficient knowledge and technology transfer to South American countries in the fields of solid waste and contaminated sites management.
abstract: 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.
authors: Environmental Science Center EULA-Chile, University of Concepción. P.O. Box 160- C, Concepción, Chile. abezama@udec.cl
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Bezama
authors: Nóra
authors: N
authors: Szarka
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Navia
authors: Odorico
authors: O
authors: Konrad
authors: Karl E
authors: KE
authors: Lorber
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; D013020:South America; D013633:Tanning; D018581:Technology Transfer; D018505:Waste Management
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste