Waste Expo Brasil & FENASAN supported by IFAT

In one hand, this continental sized country with more than 200 million people generates nearly 80 million tons of solid waste per year, electing Brazil as the 3rd largest solid waste producer in the world. However, in the other hand, only 3% of this total is recycled and only a little over 50% of all MSW is treated and sent to proper destination in controlled landfills. At some extreme cases, in almost 500 municipalities or 10% of the country, there are not even domestic waste collection.

The latest shortfalls in the water supply have shown how important efficient environmental
technologies and the relevant expertise are in Brazil. This is where international knowledge transfer is needed. Fenasan is one of the largest exhibitions for sanitary and environmental technology with focus on water treatment in Brazil and throughout Latin America.