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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Santiago de Chile: Challenges and Perspectives towards Sustainability

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This chapter gives an overview of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile (RMS). On the basis of this data, MSW management in RMS is assessed with selected sustainability indicators and their corresponding target values. In addition, the most urgent problems are identified. To evaluate options for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, the results of model calculations are presented, taking into account the segregated collection of the organic fraction of MSW in RMS.

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    For more detailed information on this concept, see Kopfmüller et al. (2001).

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    Klaus-Rainer Bräutigam, Tahnee Gonzalez, Marcel Szanto, Helmut Seifert & Joachim Vogdt

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Bräutigam, KR., Gonzalez, T., Szanto, M., Seifert, H., Vogdt, J. (2012). Municipal Solid Waste Management in Santiago de Chile: Challenges and Perspectives towards Sustainability. In: Heinrichs, D., Krellenberg, K., Hansjürgens, B., Martínez, F. (eds) Risk Habitat Megacity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11544-8_13

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