IngSight |08 - Dorsch Gruppe

BDC Berlin
Growth Market Brazil
After intensive preparations, a small
delegation of the Dorsch Gruppe lead
by Mr. Bernd Gütschow, BDC MD and
Dorsch Holding chief representative,
travelled to Brazil at the end of April.
Mr. Gütschow was accompanied by
Mr. Michael Schleusener, authorised
officer and executive member of
the BDC, and Professor Dr. Abdallah
Nassour, lecturer of the chair in waste
management and mass flow energy
at the University of Rostock.
This visit had its origin in the outcome
of a journey of an economic
delegation of the federal state
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lead by
Professor Wolfgang Methling, former
Minister for Environment.
The purpose of the visit was to confirm
with our Brasilian partners our
serious intention to engage ourselves
in the forthcoming projects in this
growth market.
The meetings held during this
journey prepared the development
of a sustained waste management
concept for the city of Mogi Mirim
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in the federal state São Paulo taking
waste separation, refuse utilisation
and energy extraction into account.
The target was the development of a
waste treatment plant which accords
to the state-of-the-art of science and
technology, especially German technology,
and which can be built and
operated for several middle-sized
towns of the region resp. the federal
state.
For the time being, the project‘s
focus is on Mogi Mirim.
Meeting in the Brasilian Ministry of Environment
Signing of the mutual declaration of intent (3 rd from left: Mr. Bernd Gütschow, BDC Berlin)
Example plant for waste treatment in Rostock, Germany
In addition, selected staff of various
Brasilian institutions and local
authorities, but also Geman staff
members are to be instructed on the
topic.
The public cleansing service and the
waste disposal in Mogi Mirim are
under the responsibility of the city
council. However, the environmentally
sound disposal of the accumulated
waste has more and more become a
problem for the municipality - as well
as the whole country.
An environmentally friendly, economic
and sustained solution, which
takes into account the legal provisions,
requires a cooperation of the
city of Mogi Mirim, the surrounding
municipalities the federal authorities
and also the local industry.
To this effect we had several important
meetings with representatives
of the federal state São Paulo. In the
8-million-people metropole São
Paulo we had meetings with Bruno
Covas, the Minister of Environment,
José Aníbal, the Energy Minister and
with Dilma Pena, CEO of Sabesb,
the federal state‘s water supply and
sewage treatment company, which is
interested in the project as a possible
operating company of the future
plant.