20° SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONALE SU GESTIONE DEI RIFIUTI
RECUPERO DI RISORSE E DISCARICA SOSTENIBILE / 13-17 OTTOBRE 2025

Workshop: Semi-aerobic landfilling: online technology transfer

SESSION G11 / 12 October 2023 / 15:00 - 16:30
Workshop: Semi-aerobic landfilling: online technology transfer
Chair / Presidente: Yasushi Matsufuji, Ayako Tanaka (JP)


Due to the global warming, large-scale natural disasters have occurred in many countries in recent years, giving rise to major social concerns. The Waste problem have become very serious in the African and the Asian region.
The authors received the projects from the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Regional Office for Asia the Pacific-Fukuoka related to "technical support regarding landfills using the Semi-aerobic landfill concept (Fukuoka Method)".
In this workshop, the authors would like to introduce their experience with these projects for stabilization and rehabilitation of existing landfills and construction of the Semi-aerobic Landfills in African and Asian Regions by sharing the progress photos and the design drawing, and instruction using technical manual and video created by SWAN member in the regualar On-Line meeting during Covid-19 pandemic and also would like to discuss as follows:

  • Y. Matsufuji - Fukuoka University, NPO SWAN-Fukuoka (JP)
    Toward an appropriate technology transfer of Fukuoka Method

  • S.Hoshino - UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office (JP)
    Project for Improvement and Construction by Semi-aerobic Landfill Concept in Yangon, Myanmar
     
  • M.C. Lavagnolo - University of Padua (IT)
    Effective learning centered education during COVID19 pandemic for the master degree in Environmental Engineering at ENSTP, Yaounde

  • A. Tanaka - Fukuoka University (JP)
    Trial of Online Training for Leachate and Gas monitoring in Oversea Support Project

  • T. Mito - NPO SWAN-Fukuoka (JP)
    Current status and future challenges of technology transfer - Case studies in Asia and Africa