Guatemala City, April 20, 2023.- It is estimated that 2,500 tons of solid waste are processed daily at the landfill in zone 3 of the capital, from the metropolitan area and 13 neighboring municipalities. This site is reaching its maximum handling capacity, requiring a comprehensive analysis and a long-term strategy to adequately manage waste and residues. To help solve this problem, the Central ...
Guatemala City, February 8, 2022 . - The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) approved a non-reimbursable technical cooperation grant of US$75,000 for the development of a prefeasibility study to evaluate the development of a sanitary landfill in the area of influence of the Las Vacas River in the Chinautla municipality of the Republic of Guatemala. The initiative, which will ...
San Salvador, December 13, 2021.- A total of 152,000 students and 6,650 adults in 190 schools in El Salvador will improve their health by eliminating the use of firewood for cooking and replacing it with 380 biodigesters that will generate biogas as energy, through a US$1.0 million non-reimbursable financial cooperation grant from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). In ...
Cordoba, September 29, 2021 – The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the Villa María National University (UNVM) of Argentina have launched the Latin American Diploma in Urban Solid Waste and Similar Waste Treatment with the aim of training professionals to deal with one of the world's main environmental problems. Those interested may pre-register through this link until ...
Tegucigalpa, July 22nd, 2021 – The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has approved today a US$1 million non-reimbursable technical cooperation grant to the Republic of El Salvador to strengthen development initiatives in the health and education sectors. The donated resources will allow the implementation of the project "Supply of Biogas Producing Biodigesters and Water ...