ISSN: 2375-4397
Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n, Zona Universitaria, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Lorena De Medina-Salas, affiliated with Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n, Zona Universitaria, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. He has 12 publications on online global platform. His specialization and research interest includes Environmental pollution, Biodegradable waste, Waste management.
Research Article
A Successful Case in Waste Management in Developing Countries
Author(s): Lorena De Medina-Salas*, Eduardo Castillo-González, Mario Rafael Giraldi-Díaz, Víctor Fernández-Rosales and Carlos Manuel Welsh Rodríguez
Although most of the developing countries have serious problems with the issue of waste management, there have
been some success stories including the development of environmental public policies, which had led to better life
quality. In most developing countries, waste management considers only two stages: collection and final disposal.
The collection system does not include a differentiated collection of the municipal solid waste (MSW), this implies
that the valorization of the different waste fractions becomes more difficult to separate and most of them are
dumped on uncontrolled sites. Meanwhile, the landfilled sites are limited and usually are about to exceed their
capacity. In certain rural and semi-urban localities is common the practice of burning their waste, polluting the air,
soil and even water. Local authorities are making some efforts to prevent this type of pollutio.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2375-4397.20.8.242