In order to update the industry on current regulations and service alternatives for a correct remediation and recovery of industrial soils, last Wednesday on July 21st, InduAmbiente magazine carried out a webinar on this subject in conjunction with Hidronor.
The event featured a presentation with Hidronor's Regional Development Manager, Juan Andrés Salamanca; Head of Soils, Natural Resources and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) Division of Biodiversity, Carla Riveros ; and FCAB Sustainability and Territorial Development Manager, Jaime Henríquez.
Durante el encuentro, los expertos explicaron a la audiencia cómo han ido evolucionando en el tiempo los instrumentos de gestión de suelos exigidos por el MMA, hasta las normativas más vigentes, detallando, además, cómo gestionar correctamente los suelos con potencial presencia de contaminantes y llevar a cabo proyectos de forma medioambientalmente amigables, tomando en cuenta que Chile aún se encuentra en fase de diagnósticos y lineamientos estratégicos en esta materia, en comparación con otros países de la OECD que cuentan con normativas ambientales para suelos contaminados.
On this last point, Hidronor’s Regional Development Manager, Juan Andrés Salamanca, explained the state of contaminated soils in our country in detail concerning the active cases and abandoned sites, as well as the techniques used by the company to clean up and recover contaminated land. In this sense, he explained the decision making criteria on the feasibility study for the reuse of land, analyzing the risk that it would imply for human health and the environment, along with the technical, economic and social approach that must be applied in each case, taking into account key factors such as location, type of soil, group of pollutants, among others.
Finally, there was a round of questions where the exhibitors clarified a few queries made by the audience, thus expanding the latest updates available for the industry regarding the different management alternatives for a correct remediation and recovery of industrial soils.
Este tipo de encuentros nos ayudan a avanzar hacia un Chile más sustentable, objetivo que se logra con la unión de los distintos grupos que aportan a la circular economy del país (empresas, gobierno y sociedad civil).
