RISK HABITAT MEGACITY - WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Within the research project “Risk Habitat Megacity”, which is performed by different centres of the German Helmholtz-Association together with research teams from Chile the application field “Waste Management” will be analysed with respect to the so called crosscutting concepts sustainability, risk, and governance. In this paper the overall concept of the project “Risk Habitat Megacity” will be described briefly. Afterwards sustainability indicators for “Waste Management” will be presented, which have been selected on the basis of an extensive literature research. In order to analyse and evaluate waste management in Santiago de Chile with respect to sustainability and to develop strategies for a more sustainable waste management system reliable data for the actual system must be available and analysed. Data for waste arising, waste composition, recycling activities and waste deposition for the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile (RM Santiago) will be presented.