ABSTRACT
Introduction ............................................................................................................490 A Brief Focus on the Chilean Chemical Mining Sector ........................................490 National Initiatives in Chemical Management in Chile ......................................... 491 Chilean National Chemical Safety Policy .............................................................. 493 Chilean Chemical Management Programs and Tools from Regional Agencies ................................................................................................. 493
The General Law on Waste and Extended Liability .......................................... 494 Inventories of Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Disposal of Chemicals in Contaminated Sites ................................................................. 494 Dissemination of Scientižc and Technical Information that Addresses the Various Aspects of Environmental Hazardous Waste .................................. 494 Notižcation Systems and Registries of Exposed Populations ........................... 494 Policies Aimed at Prevention and Minimization of Waste and its Reusability and Recycling ................................................................................. 495 Establishment of Environmentally Sound Disposal Facilities, Including Technologies to Convert Waste into Energy ..................................................... 495 Mechanisms for Financial Tools in Chemical Wastes Management ................. 495 Chemical Management Example: Mercury ...................................................... 495
International Collaboration and Regional Implementation of Chemical Management in Chile ............................................................................. 496 Canada-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement ......................................... 496 Analysis of Chilean Collaboration with Multilateral Chemical Agreements and Example of Basel Convention Ratižcation and Implementation ........................... 497
Examination of Chile’s Adoption of the Basel Convention .............................. 497 Chilean Rules on the Environment ........................................................................ 498
Chilean Rules on Chemical Waste .................................................................... 498 Recommendations ..................................................................................................500
