Environment Minister: Sanitation, waste Brazil’s top challenges
Brazil’s Environment Minister Joaquim Leite said Wednesday (Dec. 21) Brazil is facing a number of environmental challenges, the main ones being sanitation and waste treatment. Leite was interviewed on A Voz do Brasil, a radio program aired by the country’s public broadcasting network.Regarding sanitation and waste treatment, Leite talked about the Sanitation Framework and the Solid Waste Framework, which, he said, introduced a robust policy on private investment in these two areas. “A hundred million Brazilians don’t have access to sewage treatment, 30 million have no access to treated water, and there are still 2,600 open air dumpsites. Only by partnering up with the private enterprise can we find a solution to these issues,” he declared.The minister also mentioned land regulation and...