Environmental Technology Assessment (EnTA): Workshop Report

The workshop programme included presentations and discussions on environmental assessment techniques, the economics of sustainable environmentally sound battery recycling, construction and design of the modern recyclable lead acid battery, principles of hydro-metallurgical and pyro-metallurgical battery recycling, and the methods and practices of EnTA, as well as a practical, field-based assessment exercise in EnTA. Personal follow-up action plans were prepared by the trainees. As a result of the workshop, 40 participants are now trained in the use of EnTA. Considerable progress was also made towards publication of an evaluated and revised EnTA Manual, ready for worldwide use by Governments and industry as a selection tool for sound environmental management of recycling and other processes, preparation of a model workshop, and publication of a trainers’ manual. The workshop thus contributed to international advanced training, to dialogue and to human resources development, including international know-how transfer between North and South, and East and West.