Buenos Aires wins solid waste management award
Buenos Aires won the 2014 C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Award for its solid waste management program, beating Mexico City and Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
It was the only Latin American city to receive an award, which provides global recognition to cities that are demonstrating climate action leadership.
The Argentine capital has 3mn residents, but its population doubles during the day due to commuters, creating more than 6,000t/d of waste.
With limited capacity to absorb waste in landfills, the local government has launched a program based on separation at origin, recovery, recycling and valorization, which seeks to reduce waste sent to landfills by 83% by 2017.
As of January 2014, there has been a 44% reduction in waste sent to landfills compared to last year.
"This project is not only improving the city's cleanliness, but it is also a well-integrated and easily replicable strategy, that includes strong citizen engagement and job growth," C40 and Siemens said in its awards' website.
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