Evaluación de los Impactos Ambientales en la Gestión Integral de los Residuos Sólidos en el Municipio de Chinú Córdoba

Abstract

The coordinated disposal of waste is considered a set of tasks aimed at reducing its generation, in order to better utilize its qualities, size, origin, and costs, and to carry out a procedure that enables its energy recovery, as well as better opportunities to extend its useful life and commercialization. In this regard, in Colombia, human activities—from daily life, school, work, and production—generate negative environmental effects due to, in some cases, the lack of proper waste management oversight. Environmental impacts have been increasing due to rapid industrial development, which constitutes a social, environmental, and economic problem. This issue has been further exacerbated by the rise in human density and mass consumerism, driven by the media, without paying attention to the environmental problem they are creating.