Published 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Dangerous wastes management in Cuba. Current situation and perspectives

  • 1. Direccion de Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Medio Ambiente, La Habana, (Cuba)

Description

The appropriate handling of the dangerous waste has become a topic of high priority for all the countries and especially for those developing one that in general, they lack solid technical infrastructure, suitable technologies and human resources properly qualified to carry out this work without causing negative impacts on the environment. For these countries, this matter represents a true challenge, requiring you to have financial resources to create capacities and to acquire technologies, that which reality should be made with the support of the developed countries, but that up to now it doesn't stop to be a commitments without in the practice it is materialized in an effective way. The collaboration and the cooperation among the countries in development are also an useful road that should be increased. This work seeks to expose as Cuba it has faced this challenge, presenting the carried out actions, the confronted difficulties and the future actions that will be attacked so that the handling of dangerous waste doesn't constitute an environmental problem to solve

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Original title (Spanish)
Manejo de desechos peligrosos en Cuba. Situacion actual y perspectivas

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Cuba Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
no.8
Journal Page Range
[vp.]
ISSN
1683-8904