TY - JOUR
T1 - A study and factor identification of municipal solid waste management in Mexico City
AU - Galicia, Francisco Gutiérrez
AU - Páez, Ana Lilia Coria
AU - Padilla, Ricardo Tejeida
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Mexico City generates 12 thousand tons of Municipal SolidWaste (MSW) per day, which places it as one of the cities that produces the most MSW in the world. However, the treatments used in the city are not enough for recycling materials and organics valorization of at least 45% of the MSW, which is the minimum for a medium-high-income city. To put in a global context the deficiency in Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in Mexico City and evaluate the policies that have been implemented thus far, Wasteaware benchmark Indicators for Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) were used to obtain a desired profile for the comprehensive MSWM in Mexico City. TheWasteaware Benchmark Indicators have been tested in more than 50 cities around the world. The results showed that in Mexico City, certain aspects of governance present the most considerable delay and, at the same time, that there are certain areas of opportunity to improve the efficiency of MSWM in its physical aspects, such as collection systems or treatment services.
AB - Mexico City generates 12 thousand tons of Municipal SolidWaste (MSW) per day, which places it as one of the cities that produces the most MSW in the world. However, the treatments used in the city are not enough for recycling materials and organics valorization of at least 45% of the MSW, which is the minimum for a medium-high-income city. To put in a global context the deficiency in Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in Mexico City and evaluate the policies that have been implemented thus far, Wasteaware benchmark Indicators for Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) were used to obtain a desired profile for the comprehensive MSWM in Mexico City. TheWasteaware Benchmark Indicators have been tested in more than 50 cities around the world. The results showed that in Mexico City, certain aspects of governance present the most considerable delay and, at the same time, that there are certain areas of opportunity to improve the efficiency of MSWM in its physical aspects, such as collection systems or treatment services.
KW - Indicators
KW - Mexico City
KW - Solid waste management
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U2 - 10.3390/su11226305
DO - 10.3390/su11226305
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85075907694
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 11
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 22
M1 - 6305
ER -