STRATEGIES FOR POLLUTION-CONTROL IN TANNERIES LOCATED IN MINAS-GERAISSTATE, BRAZIL CASE-STUDY

This paper presents the planning and initial results of an environment al project for pollution control in tanneries located in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The planning comprises three phases: i) diagnosis of th e industrial sector, ii) training of human resources, and iii) technol ogical development. The project has an estimated cost of US$ 220,000, and it is being developed by the Department of Sanitary and Environmen tal Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in cooperat ion with representatives of the industrial and environmental sectors. The project is also supported by the German Agency GTZ (Deutsche Gesel lschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit). The first results indicated th at the project is achieving its aims of getting to know the situation and helping to solve the problems related to the tannery industry. Fur thermore, the structure of the project, based on the participation of representatives of the various institutions concerned with the product ive and environmental sectors, has shown to be a good start of a joint mobilization. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.