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06BRAILIA1079
2006-06-02 15:25:00
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Embassy Brasilia
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SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75

Tags:  SENV EAGR EAID TIO ECON SOCI XR BR 
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SUBJECT: SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75

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BRASILIA 06021079 009 OF 013


including municipalities, indutrial plants and hospitals. The
legislation forally took effect with the governor's signature.
owever, the Sao Paulo state Environmental Secretarat still must
draft rules governing the measure's implementation. Sao Paulo's new
law covers the andling and disposal of all types of solid waste,
from organic and inorganic residential trash and ospital waste to
recyclable products and hazardos industrial refuse. The
legislation was considered necessary because Brazil has no national
soli-waste-management law-a situation that has prompte other
states to pass their own measures, says So Paulo state Assemblyman
Rodolfo Costa e Silva,who oversaw passage of the bill.

Source - EcoAmericas (for complete article please contact Larissa
Stoner)


21. Brazil: Environmentalists Challeng Garbage Burning

MAY 13, 2006 - The "Usina Verd" project seeks to generate energy in
Brazil whie eliminating urban waste and helping to reduce global
warming. But its good intentions have not wonover environmental
groups because the plan involes burning the garbage. The pilot
plant of the roject, which involves capital from a private compny
of the same name, began operations in May 2005in Rio de Janeiro and
is already converting 30 tns of garbage a day into 2.6 megawatts of
energy The sponsors of Usina Verde hope to sell facilities like
the Rio de Janeiro plant to municipalities throughout the country.
The project, one of 72 already approved by the Brazilian
Inter-Ministerial Committee on Global Climate Change, now has to go
through the United Nations before it can become part of the carbon
market system.

Source - Tierramerica


22. Argentina: Transforming Garbage into Decent Jobs

MAY 16, 2006 - A new law on Integral Management of Solid Urban Waste
went into effect in late 2005. The law stipulates that the amount
of garbage in landfills is to be reduced by 50 percent by 2012 and
75 percent by 2017, from 2003 levels. To reach that goal, the
Buenos Aires city government has sponsored the organization of
cooperatives of garbage scavengers and provided space for the first
warehouse, located on the west side of the city and inaugurated on
May 1, International Labor Day. It has also launched a pilot
garbage separation program in buildings more than 20 stories high,
public offices, five-star hotels, and housing, businesses and
offices in the exclusive Buenos Aires district of Puerto Madero, on
the Rio de la Plata coast.

Source - article kindly shared by US Embassy Buenos Aires. Original
source Inter Press Service.

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23. Brazil Launches Facility for Uranium Enrichment


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