Day: Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
Time: 08:00 - 9:00 am (Costa Rican time, CST)
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Agenda
Welcome. Agustina Besada. Coordinator of the Resource Efficiency Working Group, LEDS LAC and Executive Director, Asociación Sustentar.
Introduction to Organic Waste Management. Nadia Mazzeo. Chair of Ecology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. |Download presentation|
Presentation of the problems of the municipality of Villa la Angostura, Argentina. Daniel Meier. Directorate of Environment, Municipality of Villa la Angostura.
Attendance Presentation Technique carried out in the municipality of Villa la Angostura. Roberto Tallarico. Company Hidrocomp.Download presentation|
About the webinar
Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (ISWM) is an enormous challenge facing the region's municipalities. The organic fraction represents on average 50% of the municipal waste generated. Despite being the waste with the highest generation, it is the least managed fraction (UN, 2018). Inadequate management of the organic fraction of waste causes the generation of greenhouse gases (GHG), a product of both transportation and the anaerobic degradation that occurs once it is disposed of in landfills. In this sense, it is necessary to make this problem visible and to provide different tools to address the complexity of organic waste and to improve ISWM.
This webinar will introduce the issue of organic waste management and present the experience of the Municipality of Villa La Angostura, beneficiary of a Technical Assistance provided by LEDS LAC. The difficulties and challenges of the municipality's reality will be shared, as well as the lessons learned and recommendations resulting from the support provided. There will be a space for exchange and questions from the audience, where the experts in charge of the Technical Assistance will be able to provide some general recommendations on the topic presented.
The webinar will be conducted in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
