SYNERGIES BETWEEN TRADE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND

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TRADE IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive summary 4

Introduction 4

What are environmental services, who uses them, and how are they performed? 5

Wastewater management services 7

Solid and hazardous waste services 8

Sanitation and similar services 9

Other environmental services 10

Services related to the collection, purification and distribution of water 14

What goods are used in what services? 15

Services as market drivers 17

Case histories of environmental goods and services trade with developing countries 18

The market for environmental services 19

Goods associated with service contracts 20

Import barriers 21

Concluding observations 22

REFERENCES 24

ANNEX I. CASE HISTORIES OF EG&S TRADE WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 25

Multi-service contracts 25

Multi-service contract supplying Arcelor’s Vega do Sul plant, Brazil 25

Multi-service contract supplying local industrial clients in Belford Roxo, Brazil 27

Water and wastewater treatment 29

Water and wastewater treatment for Hynix Semiconductors, Korea 29

Water and waste-water treatment at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park 31

Other examples 34

Solid-waste management services 34

Air-pollution and sound-level monitoring 34

Air-pollution and sound-level monitoring for a Jordanian cement manufacturer 34

Noise and vibration abatement services 36

Solving a noise and vibration problem at a Caribbean smelter 36

Nature and landscape protection services 37

Remediation and clean-up of soil, surface water and groundwater 37

Remediation and clean-up of soil at a former cosmetics plant in Indonesia 37

ENSR-Brazil Case History 39

Environmental impact assessment 40

Environmental impact assessment for an Indian hazardous-waste site 40

ANNEX II. GOODS FROM THE COMBINED APEC AND OECD PRODUCT LISTS USED IN THE

PERFORMANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 43