Message-ID: <199906101618560220.0197C044@acnet.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:18:56 -0600 From: "Douglas M. Hinds" <mailto:dmhinds@ACNET.NET> Subject: Re: municipal waste management in developing countries To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
>I work with environmental systems analysis of municipal waste management in
>Sweden. This summer and fall I will be advising a couple of Master projects
>by students from Kenya and Pakistan. They will use the same models and
>methods for systems analysis that we are developing and using for Sweden,
>but apply them to their home countries.
You can't reasonably apply the same criteria used for Sweden to Kenya and Pakistan.
>what are the realistic options for biological treatment and recycling etc
THAT is exactly what you want. What you CAN'T do in Sweden because of the cold is what you SHOULD do in Kenya and Pakis an. You definately want to use biological rather than or chemical processes, with as little mecanical intervention as po sible, to cut down the power consumption. You probably should investigate one of the combined anaerobic / aerobic syste s that feed each others processes. Most of these systems are patented. Try to get in touch with the Centro de Innovaci n Tecnologico (CIT) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). The (CIT) licences the waste water treatment technology developed at the UNAM to private companies, and could either refer you to one of their licensees or possibly icense to you directly. Using technology developed in Mexico will cost 60% of what comparable European technology will un you.
www.unam.mx will take you to their website but I don't see the CIT mentioned there. I have emailed the UNAM administrat on for the CIT's e-mail address and will send it on.
If it's solid waste you'll be dealing with, the biogas systems developed and used in India are worth looking into.
Douglas M. Hinds, Director Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural, A.C. (Center for Community and Rural Development, Non-profit Association) Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 Mexico e-mail: mailto:cedecor@acnet.net, cedecor@ipnet.com.mx, dmhinds@acnet.net
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On 10/06/99 at 5:04 PM Jacky Foo wrote:
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>From: Anna Bjorklund <mailto:annab@KET.KTH.SE>
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>Can anyone suggest some literature that gives a good overview of municipal
>waste management in developing countries, its current status, future needs,
>and specific challenges as they apply to developing countries.
>
>I work with environmental systems analysis of municipal waste management in
>Sweden. This summer and fall I will be advising a couple of Master projects
>by students from Kenya and Pakistan. They will use the same models and
>methods for systems analysis that we are developing and using for Sweden,
>but apply them to their home countries.
>
>I feel that I need to learn more about their specific situation: what are
>the waste streams, how is it treated today, what are the realistic options
>for biological treatment and recycling etc. etc. I hope to get some advice
>from some of you from the list.
>
>Anna Bjorklund
>Industrial Ecology
>Dept of Chemical Engineering and Technology
>Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Douglas M. Hinds, Director Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural, A.C. (Center for Community and Rural Development, Non-profit Association) Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 Mexico U.S. Voice Mailbox: 1 630 300 0550 (e-mail linked) U.S. Fax Mailbox: 1 630 300 0555 (e-mail linked) Tel. & Fax: 011 523 412-6308 (direct - Cd. Guzman, Jalisco) Tel. & Fax: 011 528 922-2424 (direct - Reynosa, Tamaulipas) No Tel. or Fax yet in the Cuenca de Papaloapan (Oaxaca & Veracruz) e-mail: mailto:cedecor@acnet.net, cedecor@ipnet.com.mx, dmhinds@acnet.net