Estre Ambiental

completed

The project consists of financing Estre’s 2008-2010 investment plan (Investment Plan). The Investment Plan includes financing to support the company’s capital expenditure and growth strategy to: - upgrade and expand Estre’s existing landfill facilities and associated landfill gas (LFG) collection and combustion systems, - develop new sanitary landfills, including deployment of LFG collection and combustion systems, - acquire and expand solid waste management related businesses, - develop LFG-fired power generation projects in selected landfills, and - enhance corporate management information system. IFC''s review of this project identified the following environmental, social, health and safety issues: management systems to assess environmental and social impacts, implement mitigation programs and undertake community relations; labor and working conditions of employees and contractors; leachate management and groundwater resource protection; management of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes; management of litter, dust, odors, and noise; potential occupational exposures to chemicals, pathogens, and vectors; land acquisition; and biodiversity conservation.