Waste incineration at Bordo Poniente would be "suicide" - expert - Mexico
Waste incineration at Bordo Poniente would be "suicide" - expert - Mexico
Saturday, November 7, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - A new plan by Mexico city's federal district (DF) government to incinerate garbage at the Bordo Poniente landfill would have devastating effects on the environment and the population, local environmental expert Ramón Ojeda told BNamericas.
DF public works and services head Fernando Aboitiz announced this week that the city will begin a pilot plan to burn garbage in 2010, as part of efforts to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in Bordo Poniente.
Given that the city is located in the center of the Mexico valley, the lowest part of which is some 2300m above sea level, burning waste is potentially hazardous, Ojeda said.
"With the erratic winds that are common in these areas, it would really be suicide to install incinerators there," Ojeda said.
Rather than burn its waste, the city needs to consider waste separation initiatives, according to Ojeda.
"The fact that we're not capable of educating the population about how not to produce waste, or how to separate, classify and appropriately reuse any waste that is generated, demonstrates an enormous ineptitude on the government's behalf," Ojeda said.
TEMPORARY MEASURE
The DF government will continue to deposit garbage at Bordo Poniente only as a temporary measure, Aboitiz was quoted as saying by paper El Universal.
The landfill was scheduled to close down January 15 this year and is currently operating under a special permit obtained by the DF government.
Although authorities are reportedly looking at alternative sites to dispose of the city's waste, the government's 2009-14 waste management program, published this week in the city's official gazette, indicates that Bordo Poniente is still the only viable option.
Located in Nezahualcóyotl municipality in Mexico state (Edomex), Bordo Poniente currently receives 12,500t/d of waste produced by the DF and Edomex....
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